February keeps the north-east monsoon pattern that has run since November. The south coast from Hikkaduwa down to Mirissa is the whole story, and it is a good one: clean mornings, dependable swell and a chain of breaks close enough together to check three in an hour by tuk-tuk.
The difference from January is marginal and useful. The Christmas and New Year peak has passed, so the camps have space and the bay at Weligama is less crowded, on conditions that are unchanged. The water is at 28°C, and the east coast is still four months from waking up.
