Awesome Beach and Dunes
Puttalama · Sri Lanka
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Awesome Beach and Dunes is a SE-facing sand beach on the Sri Lanka shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of Mannar — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through year-round.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~28.3°C (82.9°F) on average
Jan
27.5°C
81.5°F · 26–28.4°C
Feb
28°C
82.4°F · 27–28.6°C
Mar
28.9°C
84°F · 27.5–30°C
Apr
29.9°C
85.8°F · 28.3–31°C
May
29.6°C
85.3°F · 27.6–31.5°C
Jun
28.4°C
83.1°F · 26.2–29.7°C
Jul
27.7°C
81.9°F · 25.9–28.9°C
Aug
27.1°C
80.8°F · 25–28.6°C
Sep
27.7°C
81.9°F · 26.4–28.7°C
Oct
28.3°C
82.9°F · 26.8–29.5°C
Nov
28.6°C
83.5°F · 27.4–29.6°C
Dec
28°C
82.4°F · 26.5–29.2°C
25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.
Know before you go
Best swell
E–S
Best wind
W–N
Break type
Beach break
Best season
Year-round
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.
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