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Icon Global 1

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon Global 11 km run: 16/06 07:19																																																																GFS 13 km run: 16/06 07:19
Date Optimal	Mo 16 6h	Mo 16 7h	Mo 16 8h	Mo 16 9h	Mo 16 10h	Mo 16 11h	Mo 16 12h	Mo 16 13h	Mo 16 14h	Mo 16 15h	Mo 16 16h	Mo 16 17h	Mo 16 18h	Tu 17 6h	Tu 17 7h	Tu 17 8h	Tu 17 9h	Tu 17 10h	Tu 17 11h	Tu 17 12h	Tu 17 13h	Tu 17 14h	Tu 17 15h	Tu 17 16h	Tu 17 17h	Tu 17 18h	We 18 6h	We 18 7h	We 18 8h	We 18 9h	We 18 10h	We 18 11h	We 18 12h	We 18 13h	We 18 14h	We 18 15h	We 18 16h	We 18 17h	We 18 18h	Th 19 6h	Th 19 7h	Th 19 8h	Th 19 9h	Th 19 10h	Th 19 11h	Th 19 12h	Th 19 13h	Th 19 14h	Th 19 15h	Th 19 16h	Th 19 17h	Th 19 18h	Fr 20 6h	Fr 20 7h	Fr 20 8h	Fr 20 9h	Fr 20 10h	Fr 20 11h	Fr 20 12h	Fr 20 13h	Fr 20 14h	Fr 20 15h	Fr 20 16h	Fr 20 17h	Fr 20 18h	Sa 21 6h	Sa 21 7h	Sa 21 8h	Sa 21 9h	Sa 21 10h	Sa 21 11h	Sa 21 12h	Sa 21 13h	Sa 21 14h	Sa 21 15h	Sa 21 16h	Sa 21 17h	Sa 21 18h	Su 22 6h	Su 22 7h	Su 22 8h	Su 22 9h	Su 22 10h	Su 22 11h	Su 22 12h	Su 22 13h	Su 22 14h	Su 22 15h	Su 22 16h	Su 22 17h	Su 22 18h	Mo 23 6h	Mo 23 7h	Mo 23 8h	Mo 23 9h	Mo 23 10h	Mo 23 11h	Mo 23 12h	Mo 23 13h	Mo 23 14h	Mo 23 15h	Mo 23 16h	Mo 23 17h	Mo 23 18h	Tu 24 6h	Tu 24 7h	Tu 24 8h	Tu 24 9h	Tu 24 10h	Tu 24 11h	Tu 24 12h	Tu 24 13h	Tu 24 14h	Tu 24 15h	Tu 24 16h	Tu 24 17h	Tu 24 18h	We 25 6h	We 25 7h	We 25 8h	We 25 9h	We 25 10h	We 25 11h	We 25 12h	We 25 13h	We 25 14h	We 25 15h	We 25 16h	We 25 17h	We 25 18h	Th 26 6h	Th 26 7h	Th 26 8h	Th 26 9h	Th 26 10h	Th 26 11h	Th 26 12h	Th 26 13h	Th 26 14h	Th 26 15h	Th 26 16h	Th 26 17h	Th 26 18h	Fr 27 6h	Fr 27 7h	Fr 27 8h	Fr 27 9h	Fr 27 10h	Fr 27 11h	Fr 27 12h	Fr 27 13h	Fr 27 14h	Fr 27 15h	Fr 27 16h	Fr 27 17h	Fr 27 18h	Sa 28 6h	Sa 28 7h	Sa 28 8h	Sa 28 9h	Sa 28 10h	Sa 28 11h	Sa 28 12h	Sa 28 13h	Sa 28 14h	Sa 28 15h	Sa 28 16h	Sa 28 17h	Sa 28 18h	Su 29 6h	Su 29 7h	Su 29 8h	Su 29 9h	Su 29 10h	Su 29 11h	Su 29 12h	Su 29 13h	Su 29 14h	Su 29 15h	Su 29 16h	Su 29 17h	Su 29 18h	Mo 30 6h	Mo 30 7h	Mo 30 8h	Mo 30 9h	Mo 30 10h	Mo 30 11h	Mo 30 12h	Mo 30 13h	Mo 30 14h	Mo 30 15h	Mo 30 16h	Mo 30 17h	Mo 30 18h	Tu 1 6h	Tu 1 7h	Tu 1 8h	Tu 1 9h	Tu 1 10h	Tu 1 11h	Tu 1 12h	Tu 1 13h	Tu 1 14h	Tu 1 15h	Tu 1 16h	Tu 1 17h	Tu 1 18h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	15	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Gusts (kn)	26	29	29	24	23	21	20	17	17	16	16	15	15	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	14	20	20	20	20	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	21	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	18	18	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	17	18	19	18	17	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
Wave Per.	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Energy (Kj)	238	237	228	227	225	225	224	219	215	210	210	209	209	183	185	182	184	184	181	181	177	171	167	165	162	159	141	143	142	143	146	151	155	158	158	161	164	169	171	206	209	212	215	218	225	228	231	233	236	234	237	235	273	273	271	271	271	273	273	273	268	268	268	259	259	218	215	219	216	218	218	219	219	219	219	219	215	215	203	206	206	208	211	215	218	218	221	221	226	229	233
Temp. (°C)	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27
Rain (mm)	1.1	1.1	0.5											0.5	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1		0.1		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1		0.1	0.1																									0.1	0.1	0.1																																																								0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	100	100	93	79	78	99	100	80	100	100	100	86	97	97	99	77	96	100	100	99	89	78	67	62	57	52	53	55	56	54	53	51	64	99	99	98	94	90	86	91	95	100	100	100	100	100	62	63	64	76	88	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	97	96	95	93	92	77	63	48	65	83	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	95	92	95	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	55	36	16	20	25	29	39	48	58	57	56	55	54	93	90	88	92	95	99	99	100	100	99	99	98	99	98	97	95	89	82	76	84	92	100	100	100	100	100	95	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Tide Ht.	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Tide Dir.				low							high							low						high								low						high			high						low					high				high						low								high						low								high							low							high							low						high							low							high							low							high							low						high							low							high							low						high								low						high							low						high
Tide Time				09:40							16:10							10:20						16:40								11:30						17:20			07:20						13:00					18:00				09:00						15:00								10:10						16:50								11:10							18:10							12:00							06:00						12:50							06:50							13:30							07:40							14:10							08:20						14:50							08:50							15:20							09:20						15:50								10:00						16:20							10:30						16:40

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, Lagoon

Water type: Flat, Small wave, Medium wave

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: Flat-water lagoon. The water is shallow enough to enable you to stand and touch the bottom if you want to, but deep enough to throw tricks (thigh-deep to chest-deep). There is one butter-flat, deep-water trick spot downwind of the sandspit where most people rig up and launch. Elsewhere in the lagoon small ripples and wavelets can form when the wind is strong. On the ocean, there are small to medium waves. Downwinders can be made from here to the bigger (but gustier) Sethawadi lagoon to the north.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Big sandy beach with lots of space. You can also rig and launch on the east side of the lagoon, which is convenient if you are staying in the Kappalady village.

Identified hazards: Fence

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: 29C in the water all year round. Shorts and t-shirt weather.

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: The spot is best from May through September when the strong Southwest monsoon blows. The wind here is a lot smoother than at the bigger Sethawadi lagoon to the north. Sri Lanka has two wind seasons: from May to October and from December to March. During summer the strong Southwest monsoon blows. During winter the winds become lighter, blowing from Northeast, North, Northwest.

Best months: January, May, June, July, August, September, December

Access description: by Car - From Puttalam drive towards Kalpitiya. At the Palankuda junction, bear left towards Kappalady. If you need directions, ask for "Kappalady" - all locals know where it is.

Extra: Downwinders are possible from this spot to Donkey Point or even further to the Sethawadi lagoon. "Donkey Point" is the area with waves where the beach veers sharply to the east. You can land either here (still stable wind) or continue further downwind to the Sethawadi lagoon (gusty wind). Another nice option is to start your downwinder further south and finish in Kappalady. There are several areas with decent waves between Norachalai and Kappalady.

Nightlife: No nightlife, just chill and relax and your resort. There is one restaurant in a resort in the village, and another one at a resort upwind of the lagoons.

Accommodations: Rooms, School, Repair, Rental, Shower, Food

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