Amber high-wave warning was yesterday - is Unawatuna / Mirissa still a washing machine this weekend
We kept the south for the grandparents and the toddler because we already dumped the surf idea. Warning said 2.5-3 m swells Puttalam to Pottuvil via Galle and a surge Beruwala to Matara, valid until 5.30pm on the 20th. That expired last night. Is the sea actually usable tomorrow or does the water stay ugly for days.
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The advisory is off the clock, the sea does not get the memo at 5:31. August on this coast is still onshore and dump-y. Unawatuna bay is the least-stupid toddler paddle on a calm morning, not a swim-beyond-the-flags. Mirissa beach in August is for walking. If the water is brown and loud, you do not negotiate with it. Wait and look at 7am, not at a WhatsApp from Wednesday.
We stood in to the knees at Unawatuna, no flags of joy, no tragedy. Grandad sat under a cafe that is still standing (not every beach cafe is - Ahangama had demolitions).
Wave heights in that advisory were for sea areas, not a tsunami on the Galle Face. Near-shore surge Beruwala-Matara was the bit that matters for a beach day.
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