På gång i Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka under året

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Off-season shutdown (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mycket folk — February break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Off-season shutdown (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mycket folk — February break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Off-season shutdown (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Surf season

• Natur

  Kumana waterbird season

  1 apr – 31 jul · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  The mangrove swamp at Kumana, an hour down the coast, takes in tens of thousands of migrating waterbirds through these months. Jeeps leave from Panama before dawn, and the birds, not the elephants, are the reason to go. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  13–16 aprNationell helgdagStängningar

  Avurudu closes shops and stops buses across the country for several days, and most of the town's Sri Lankan staff go home for it. Guesthouses stay open; half the kitchens do not. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Surf season

  15 apr – 15 okt · vanligtvisTrångt

  The south-west wind blows offshore on this coast for half the year, and Main Point holds a long right that beginners and everyone else have to share. The whole strip of board hire, bars and guesthouses exists for these months only.

Mycket folk — Surf season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Kumana waterbird season (1 apr – 31 jul (vanligtvis)), Surf season (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Surf season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Kumana waterbird season (1 apr – 31 jul (vanligtvis)), Surf season (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Surf season, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Kumana waterbird season (1 apr – 31 jul (vanligtvis)), Surf season (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Surf season, August break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Surf season (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Surf season, SFSL surf championship leg

• Festival

  SFSL surf championship leg

  5–20 sep · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångt

  The national federation runs its Arugam Bay series at Main Point over three days, which is the one stretch of the season the lineup is closed to everyone else and there is a crowd on the sand watching it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Surf season (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Surf season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Surf season (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Off-season shutdown

  1 nov – 31 marStängningar

  The wind swings onshore, the swell goes flat and most of the strip boards up and moves to the south coast for the winter. What is left is a handful of guesthouses, the fishing boats and an empty beach.

Mycket folk — Year-end break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Off-season shutdown (1 nov – 31 mar)