Tides / Sri Lanka / Western Province / Colombo

Colombo

Tide station

Colombo in Western Province, Sri Lanka. Heights are metres above lowest astronomical tide, with the same height in feet. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (+0530). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.

Next low tide

0.4 m (1.3 ft)Today · 5:18 PM

Next high tide

0.5 m (1.7 ft)Today · 11:45 PM

Low tide is 2 hr 28 min from now and will drop 0.0 m (0.1 ft).

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Tide station

Predicted rise and fall

This column is the predicted rise and fall from the moon and the sun, in metres and in feet. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat. The clocks are local time at this station.

Low tide is 2 hr 28 min from now and will drop 0.0 m (0.1 ft).

High and low tides for the next seven days
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Tuesday, October 20	Low	5:18 PM	0.39 m (1.27 ft)
Tuesday, October 20	High	11:45 PM	0.50 m (1.65 ft)
Wednesday, October 21	Low	5:32 AM	0.43 m (1.42 ft)
	High	11:09 AM	0.57 m (1.88 ft)
	Low	5:40 PM	0.34 m (1.11 ft)
Thursday, October 22	High	12:01 AM	0.60 m (1.97 ft)
	Low	6:09 AM	0.38 m (1.24 ft)
	High	11:52 AM	0.63 m (2.06 ft)
	Low	6:02 PM	0.28 m (0.93 ft)
Friday, October 23	High	12:25 AM	0.70 m (2.29 ft)
	Low	6:39 AM	0.33 m (1.07 ft)
	High	12:24 PM	0.67 m (2.21 ft)
	Low	6:25 PM	0.23 m (0.76 ft)
Saturday, October 24	High	12:52 AM	0.78 m (2.57 ft)
	Low	7:07 AM	0.28 m (0.92 ft)
	High	12:55 PM	0.70 m (2.31 ft)
	Low	6:50 PM	0.19 m (0.61 ft)
Sunday, October 25	High	1:20 AM	0.86 m (2.81 ft)
	Low	7:37 AM	0.24 m (0.80 ft)
	High	1:24 PM	0.72 m (2.36 ft)
	Low	7:17 PM	0.15 m (0.49 ft)
Monday, October 26	High	1:49 AM	0.91 m (2.97 ft)
	Low	8:07 AM	0.22 m (0.72 ft)
	High	1:54 PM	0.72 m (2.35 ft)
	Low	7:45 PM	0.13 m (0.41 ft)
Tuesday, October 27	High	2:20 AM	0.93 m (3.04 ft)
	Low	8:37 AM	0.21 m (0.70 ft)
	High	2:24 PM	0.70 m (2.29 ft)

See more tides through Sunday, November 29

High and low tides after the first week
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Tuesday, October 27	Low	8:15 PM	0.12 m (0.38 ft)
Wednesday, October 28	High	2:52 AM	0.92 m (3.02 ft)
	Low	9:08 AM	0.22 m (0.73 ft)
	High	2:53 PM	0.67 m (2.20 ft)
	Low	8:45 PM	0.12 m (0.41 ft)
Thursday, October 29	High	3:24 AM	0.89 m (2.91 ft)
	Low	9:39 AM	0.25 m (0.80 ft)
	High	3:24 PM	0.64 m (2.09 ft)
	Low	9:16 PM	0.15 m (0.50 ft)
Friday, October 30	High	3:57 AM	0.83 m (2.72 ft)
	Low	10:09 AM	0.28 m (0.92 ft)
	High	3:55 PM	0.60 m (1.97 ft)
	Low	9:49 PM	0.20 m (0.66 ft)
Saturday, October 31	High	4:31 AM	0.76 m (2.49 ft)
	Low	10:42 AM	0.32 m (1.06 ft)
	High	4:32 PM	0.56 m (1.85 ft)
	Low	10:24 PM	0.27 m (0.89 ft)
Sunday, November 1	High	5:09 AM	0.69 m (2.25 ft)
	Low	11:21 AM	0.37 m (1.21 ft)
	High	5:25 PM	0.53 m (1.74 ft)
	Low	11:07 PM	0.36 m (1.19 ft)
Monday, November 2	High	5:58 AM	0.62 m (2.03 ft)
	Low	12:22 PM	0.41 m (1.35 ft)
	High	8:14 PM	0.52 m (1.71 ft)
Tuesday, November 3	Low	12:20 AM	0.46 m (1.52 ft)
	High	8:00 AM	0.57 m (1.87 ft)
	Low	4:03 PM	0.41 m (1.35 ft)
	High	10:27 PM	0.60 m (1.97 ft)
Wednesday, November 4	Low	4:57 AM	0.47 m (1.54 ft)
	High	10:09 AM	0.58 m (1.92 ft)
	Low	5:00 PM	0.36 m (1.18 ft)
	High	11:27 PM	0.70 m (2.29 ft)
Thursday, November 5	Low	5:55 AM	0.42 m (1.37 ft)
	High	11:13 AM	0.62 m (2.04 ft)
	Low	5:37 PM	0.31 m (1.01 ft)
Friday, November 6	High	12:09 AM	0.78 m (2.57 ft)
	Low	6:32 AM	0.36 m (1.19 ft)
	High	11:58 AM	0.66 m (2.16 ft)
	Low	6:07 PM	0.26 m (0.85 ft)
Saturday, November 7	High	12:43 AM	0.84 m (2.77 ft)
	Low	7:02 AM	0.31 m (1.03 ft)
	High	12:36 PM	0.68 m (2.23 ft)
	Low	6:35 PM	0.22 m (0.72 ft)
Sunday, November 8	High	1:14 AM	0.88 m (2.90 ft)
	Low	7:30 AM	0.27 m (0.88 ft)
	High	1:10 PM	0.69 m (2.27 ft)
	Low	7:02 PM	0.20 m (0.64 ft)
Monday, November 9	High	1:44 AM	0.90 m (2.95 ft)
	Low	7:58 AM	0.24 m (0.77 ft)
	High	1:42 PM	0.69 m (2.25 ft)
	Low	7:28 PM	0.18 m (0.61 ft)
Tuesday, November 10	High	2:11 AM	0.90 m (2.95 ft)
	Low	8:25 AM	0.22 m (0.71 ft)
	High	2:11 PM	0.67 m (2.21 ft)
	Low	7:54 PM	0.19 m (0.61 ft)
Wednesday, November 11	High	2:38 AM	0.89 m (2.91 ft)
	Low	8:52 AM	0.21 m (0.70 ft)
	High	2:39 PM	0.66 m (2.15 ft)
	Low	8:20 PM	0.20 m (0.65 ft)
Thursday, November 12	High	3:04 AM	0.87 m (2.84 ft)
	Low	9:19 AM	0.23 m (0.74 ft)
	High	3:05 PM	0.63 m (2.08 ft)
	Low	8:47 PM	0.22 m (0.71 ft)
Friday, November 13	High	3:30 AM	0.83 m (2.74 ft)
	Low	9:48 AM	0.25 m (0.83 ft)
	High	3:32 PM	0.61 m (2.01 ft)
	Low	9:15 PM	0.24 m (0.80 ft)
Saturday, November 14	High	3:56 AM	0.80 m (2.61 ft)
	Low	10:19 AM	0.29 m (0.94 ft)
	High	4:01 PM	0.59 m (1.95 ft)
	Low	9:44 PM	0.28 m (0.93 ft)
Sunday, November 15	High	4:24 AM	0.75 m (2.47 ft)
	Low	10:53 AM	0.33 m (1.07 ft)
	High	4:34 PM	0.57 m (1.88 ft)
	Low	10:14 PM	0.33 m (1.09 ft)
Monday, November 16	High	4:54 AM	0.71 m (2.32 ft)
	Low	11:33 AM	0.37 m (1.21 ft)
	High	5:20 PM	0.56 m (1.83 ft)
	Low	10:50 PM	0.40 m (1.30 ft)
Tuesday, November 17	High	5:29 AM	0.66 m (2.16 ft)
	Low	12:27 PM	0.40 m (1.32 ft)
	High	6:46 PM	0.55 m (1.80 ft)
	Low	11:41 PM	0.47 m (1.54 ft)
Wednesday, November 18	High	6:29 AM	0.61 m (2.01 ft)
	Low	1:59 PM	0.42 m (1.38 ft)
	High	9:27 PM	0.59 m (1.92 ft)
Thursday, November 19	Low	2:17 AM	0.53 m (1.75 ft)
	High	2:31 AM	0.53 m (1.75 ft)
	Low	3:46 AM	0.53 m (1.75 ft)
	High	9:05 AM	0.59 m (1.93 ft)
	Low	3:45 PM	0.40 m (1.31 ft)
	High	10:47 PM	0.67 m (2.19 ft)
Friday, November 20	Low	5:35 AM	0.48 m (1.59 ft)
	High	10:35 AM	0.60 m (1.98 ft)
	Low	4:44 PM	0.36 m (1.17 ft)
	High	11:35 PM	0.75 m (2.47 ft)
Saturday, November 21	Low	6:18 AM	0.43 m (1.40 ft)
	High	11:29 AM	0.63 m (2.05 ft)
	Low	5:26 PM	0.31 m (1.00 ft)
Sunday, November 22	High	12:15 AM	0.83 m (2.72 ft)
	Low	6:54 AM	0.37 m (1.21 ft)
	High	12:14 PM	0.65 m (2.12 ft)
	Low	6:05 PM	0.26 m (0.84 ft)
Monday, November 23	High	12:52 AM	0.89 m (2.91 ft)
	Low	7:27 AM	0.32 m (1.05 ft)
	High	12:54 PM	0.66 m (2.16 ft)
	Low	6:42 PM	0.22 m (0.71 ft)
Tuesday, November 24	High	1:29 AM	0.93 m (3.04 ft)
	Low	8:00 AM	0.29 m (0.94 ft)
	High	1:32 PM	0.66 m (2.18 ft)
	Low	7:19 PM	0.19 m (0.62 ft)
Wednesday, November 25	High	2:05 AM	0.94 m (3.08 ft)
	Low	8:34 AM	0.27 m (0.88 ft)
	High	2:10 PM	0.66 m (2.17 ft)
	Low	7:57 PM	0.18 m (0.59 ft)
Thursday, November 26	High	2:42 AM	0.93 m (3.05 ft)
	Low	9:07 AM	0.27 m (0.88 ft)
	High	2:49 PM	0.66 m (2.16 ft)
	Low	8:35 PM	0.19 m (0.63 ft)
Friday, November 27	High	3:19 AM	0.90 m (2.95 ft)
	Low	9:39 AM	0.28 m (0.91 ft)
	High	3:30 PM	0.65 m (2.14 ft)
	Low	9:14 PM	0.23 m (0.74 ft)
Saturday, November 28	High	3:54 AM	0.86 m (2.81 ft)
	Low	10:12 AM	0.30 m (0.98 ft)
	High	4:14 PM	0.65 m (2.12 ft)
	Low	9:54 PM	0.28 m (0.92 ft)
Sunday, November 29	High	4:29 AM	0.80 m (2.64 ft)
Sunday, November 29	Low	10:47 AM	0.32 m (1.06 ft)

This water today

Sunset is 5:54 PM, 36 minutes after the low at 5:18 PM. Anglers often fish the two hours around a turn that meets dusk. The tide at Colombo is falling toward a low of 0.4 m (1.3 ft) at 5:18 PM. The highest tide on this page is 0.9 m (3.1 ft) on Wednesday, November 25, in 36 days. That peak falls on the full moon, a spring tide.

King tide and neap

The next king tide is Tuesday, October 27, 2026. That is 7 days from today. It is the highest high tide in the coming lunar cycle, about a month of tides. What a king tide is.

The next neap is Tuesday, October 20, 2026. That is today. That day has the smallest rise and fall in the coming two weeks, the opposite of a king tide.

Five-day fishing snapshot

This is the next five days at Colombo. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the MET Norway forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.

Tuesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 66% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:57 AM and sunset is 5:54 PM. The tides are a high of 0.5 m (1.7 ft) at 9:42 AM, a low of 0.4 m (1.3 ft) at 5:18 PM, and a high of 0.5 m (1.7 ft) at 11:45 PM. The low at 5:18 PM is 36 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 29°C, wind 9 kn W, rain 17.4 mm, pressure 1010 hPa (29.82 in), rising.

Wednesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 75% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:57 AM and sunset is 5:53 PM. The tides are a low of 0.4 m (1.4 ft) at 5:32 AM, a high of 0.6 m (1.9 ft) at 11:09 AM, and a low of 0.3 m (1.1 ft) at 5:40 PM. The low at 5:32 AM is 25 minutes before sunrise. The low at 5:40 PM is 13 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 28°C, wind 10 kn W, rain 19.6 mm.

Thursday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 84% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:57 AM and sunset is 5:53 PM. The tides are a high of 0.6 m (2.0 ft) at 12:01 AM, a low of 0.4 m (1.2 ft) at 6:09 AM, a high of 0.6 m (2.1 ft) at 11:52 AM, and a low of 0.3 m (0.9 ft) at 6:02 PM. The low at 6:09 AM is 12 minutes after sunrise. The low at 6:02 PM is 9 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain, 27°C, wind 14 kn SW, rain 20.3 mm.

Friday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 91% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:57 AM and sunset is 5:53 PM. The tides are a high of 0.7 m (2.3 ft) at 12:25 AM, a low of 0.3 m (1.1 ft) at 6:39 AM, a high of 0.7 m (2.2 ft) at 12:24 PM, and a low of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 6:25 PM. The low at 6:39 AM is 42 minutes after sunrise. The low at 6:25 PM is 32 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain, 28°C, wind 13 kn SW, rain 8.0 mm.

Saturday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 96% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:57 AM and sunset is 5:52 PM. The tides are a high of 0.8 m (2.6 ft) at 12:52 AM, a low of 0.3 m (0.9 ft) at 7:07 AM, a high of 0.7 m (2.3 ft) at 12:55 PM, and a low of 0.2 m (0.6 ft) at 6:50 PM. The low at 7:07 AM is 70 minutes after sunrise. The low at 6:50 PM is 58 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain, 29°C, wind 8 kn SW, rain 9.3 mm.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.

Average tide levels

Mean tide range: 0.36 m (1.17 ft)
Mean high water: 0.63 m (2.07 ft)
Mean low water: 0.27 m (0.90 ft)
Mean sea level: 0.46 m (1.52 ft)

These levels use the same zero as the tide table, lowest astronomical tide. Each height is shown in metres and in feet. Mean tide range is the average rise from low to high.

Sun and moon

First light: 4:47 AM
Nautical twilight begins: 5:11 AM
Dawn: 5:36 AM
Blue hour, morning: 5:36 AM to 5:44 AM
Golden hour, morning: 5:44 AM to 6:25 AM
Sunrise: 5:57 AM
Solar noon: 11:55 AM
Golden hour, evening: 5:26 PM to 6:07 PM
Sunset: 5:54 PM
Blue hour, evening: 6:07 PM to 6:15 PM
Dusk: 6:15 PM
Nautical twilight ends: 6:39 PM
Last light: 7:04 PM
Day length: 11 hours 57 minutes
Moon: First Quarter, about 65% lit
Moonrise: 1:37 PM
Moonset: 12:54 AM

The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.

Forecast

Tuesday 29°C
Rain
9 kn W · Rain 17.4 mm · 1010 hPa (29.82 in), rising
Wednesday 28°C
Rain
10 kn W · Rain 19.6 mm
Thursday 27°C
Rain
14 kn SW · Rain 20.3 mm
Friday 28°C
Rain
13 kn SW · Rain 8.0 mm
Saturday 29°C
Rain
8 kn SW · Rain 9.3 mm

Data from MET Norway. Temperature is Celsius and wind is knots.

Hart-Davis, Michael; Dettmering, Denise; Seitz, Florian (2025). TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

On the water nearby

The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.

Marinas

Dickowita Fishery Harbour3.0 mi

Beaches

Preethipura Beach2.6 mi
Golden Beach3.1 mi
Wellawatte Beach6.2 mi
Dehiwala Beach7.1 mi

Parks

Elie House Park0.5 mi
Crow Island Beach Park0.9 mi
Vystwyke Park1.2 mi
Ratnam playground1.3 mi
Gordon Gardens2.0 mi
Play Ground2.1 mi

Nature reserves

Flamingos7.4 mi
Natural Forest Patch7.4 mi

Nearby tide stations

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