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surfing in Sri Lanka
  Plus: good fun waves, offshore winds during the monsoon, cheap travel.The season at the west-east (hikkaduwa, midigama etc) is from nov-march and then at the east coast (arugam bay) it's from may-sept.

Minus: Fickle swells and winds, pollution, localism, Suffering a major civil war which is no longer contained in the Northern provinces. Get good travel advice before going!

The surf in Sri Lanka is there on the whole south coast. there are heaps of places that pic up the swell and provide up to 3ft of good quility waves, if you want the good stuff youll have to go in season Jan/Feb. Sri Lanka is average in all departments, the surf the people the vibe everything. Some days are good in the water but if everyone who goes there is honest it is crowded. The local surfers are pretty good and are getting more and more aggro towards foreigners each season,

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  Surf Spot Photo GPS Quality Direction Type Frequency Level
1 Arugam Bay 72  right point-break all surfers
2 Bennys 10  left reef-coral experienced surfers
3 Coral Garden right and left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
4 Dalawella   right and left reef-coral experienced surfers
5 Deveta  
6 Dewella (Unawatuna) right and left reef-coral all surfers
7 Elephant rock right point-break all surfers
8 Gaza Strip   left reef-rocky experienced surfers
9 GD's right and left beach-break all surfers
10 Hikkaduwa 37  right and left reef-coral all surfers
11 Koggala Lefts left reef-coral experienced surfers
12 Local's Point right and left reef-coral experienced surfers
13 Main Point 10  experienced surfers
14 Matara right sand-bar all surfers
15 Midigama Left (market) 10  left point-break all surfers
16 Midigama Right 13  right reef-rocky experienced surfers
17 Mirissa right reef-coral all surfers
18 Okanda right point-break all surfers
19 Owerkanda left reef-coral all surfers
20 Peanuts Farm 10  right point-break all surfers
21 Pottuvil Point 29  right point-break experienced surfers
22 Thalpe   right and left reef-rocky all surfers
23 Thalyadi right beach-break experienced surfers
24 The Peaks right and left reef-coral all surfers
25 The Rock right and left reef-coral all surfers
26 Unawatuna reef-coral experienced surfers
27 Weligama right and left beach-break beginners wave
28 Wijiya Beach   right and left reef-coral all surfers


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Sri Lanka at a glance
 
Location: Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India
Geographic coordinates: 7° 0' N, 81° 0' E
Coastline: 1,340 km km
Climate: tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior
Elevation: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
Natural hazards: occasional cyclones and tornadoes
Currency: Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Population: 20,222,240 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
Capital: Colombo
Divisions: 8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western

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Water temp. 27°C
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Air temp. 26°C
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comment by Anonymous, 2010-03-12 11:02:08


just got back from a surf trip in sri lanka. small waves and agro locals. probably not the best place for good surf... but still an experience. dont go expecting indo style waves

comment by Anonymous, 2010-02-10 17:10:47

arugam bay surfshops
hey...i plan a surftrip to arugam bay in may...just want to know if there is any surfshop in the area?...and ofcourse if there is any surfer planing a trip at the same time we can share the infos...thanx

comment by ggb.spb.ru , 2009-12-10 18:05:26

Surf Shops ShriLanka
People, please give some information about surfshops near hikkaduwa area.

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Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka
By robeauxdamatador, 2009-12-04 12:02:00
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Surfed by train from Colombo - Hikka, tuk-tuk (Rs200) to Royal Beach Hotel w/ Kumar and Sumith.  Locked boardbag to lounge chair at restaurant and surfed.  Multiple sea turtle sightings!  Tide was coming up, flat coral and rock botto
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