På gång i Mirissa, Sri Lanka under året

Mest folk — South coast surf season, Christmas and New Year peak

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Blue whale season (1 nov – 15 apr), South coast surf season (1 nov – 15 apr), Christmas and New Year peak (20 dec – 5 jan)

Mest folk — South coast surf season, February break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Blue whale season (1 nov – 15 apr), South coast surf season (1 nov – 15 apr)

Mest folk — South coast surf season, February break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Blue whale season (1 nov – 15 apr), South coast surf season (1 nov – 15 apr)

Mest folk — Sinhala and Tamil New Year, South coast surf season

• Helg

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  10–18 aprSkollovStängningarTrångt

  The island's own holiday rather than a foreign one: shops shut for days, the Matara road fills with families, and the beach belongs to Sri Lankan day trippers instead of the usual crowd. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Blue whale season (1 nov – 15 apr), South coast surf season (1 nov – 15 apr)

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Southwest (Yala) monsoon

  15 maj – 15 sep · vanligtvisRisk

  The whale boats stop, the bay picks up a heavy shore break and the sand narrows to a strip. Half the beach places board up; the ones that stay open charge a third of the winter rate.

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — August break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — August break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Mycket folk — South coast surf season

• Natur

  Blue whale season

  1 nov – 15 aprBoka tidigt

  Boats leave the harbour before dawn for the shelf edge an hour or two out, and sightings are close to routine between December and March. Pick an operator that keeps its distance; plenty do not.

• Säsong

  South coast surf season

  1 nov – 15 aprTrångt

  The clean swell is round the corner at Weligama, which is where every board hire and beginner lesson on this stretch happens. Mirissa's own bay is for swimming rather than surfing.

Mest folk — South coast surf season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The fortnight the beach bars run parties and rooms behind the sand cost triple what they do in November. The whale boats sell out the night before rather than the week before. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Blue whale season (1 nov – 15 apr), South coast surf season (1 nov – 15 apr)