Awesome Beach and Dunes

Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka

Today at a glance

Calmest: 12 pm to 3 pm, sunset 5:51 pm

6 am
3.9
18 km/h11 mph wind, Poor

7 am
3.9
19 km/h12 mph wind, Poor

8 am
3.9
20 km/h12 mph wind, Poor

9 am
4.0
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair

10 am
4.3
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair

11 am
4.1
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair

12 pm
3.6
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor

1 pm
2.6
25 km/h16 mph wind, Poor

2 pm
3.2
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor

3 pm
3.0
30 km/h19 mph wind, Poor

4 pm
2.4
30 km/h18 mph wind, Poor

5 pm
3.0
28 km/h17 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air: —
Water: —
Wind: — km/hmph
Gusts: — km/hmph
Waves: —
UV: —
Tide: falling
Rain: —
Sunset: 5:51 pm

Today

3.9Poor6 am1811

3.9Poor7 am1912

3.9Poor8 am2012

4.0Fair9 am2012

4.3Fair10 am1912

4.1Fair11 am1912

3.6Poor12 pm2717

2.6Poor1 pm2516

3.2Poor2 pm2717

3.0Poor3 pm3019

2.4Poor4 pm3018

3.0Poor5 pm2817

Sat

2.0Poor6 am3119

2.7Poor7 am3119

2.8Poor8 am3019

2.0Poor9 am3522

2.6Poor10 am2717

2.8Poor11 am3622

2.7Poor12 pm3522

2.8Poor1 pm3622

2.9Poor2 pm3522

2.7Poor3 pm3522

2.7Poor4 pm3522

2.8Poor5 pm3421

Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Low 6 pm, 0.3 m<1 ft
High 12 am, 0.8 m3 ft
Low 6 am, 0.3 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

Sun2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 38 km/h24 mph, rain 100%
Mon3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 94%
Tue4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 63%
Wed4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 34 km/h21 mph, rain 60%
Thu5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 28 km/h18 mph, rain 71%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

Food and drink3 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 580 m0.4 mi

Getting there

Nearest bus stop: 760 m0.5 miSmall Pickup Bus
Nearest town: 2.1 km1.3 miKandakuli (village)
Nearest airport: 77 km48 miSLAF Anuradhapura (ACJ)

Nearby places

Greenbury Kite Hostel & RestaurantFood and drink
610 m0.4 mi
Mama's HereFood and drink
830 m0.5 mi

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources