Staying Home Sucks, home

Rafting Team 39

Kayak spot · Sri Lanka

Is it worth the trip?

100Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 100 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C
Rain
16 mm

Wed 4 · 100 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C
Rain
7.7 mm

Thu 5 · 100 out of 100

Wind
0 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C
Rain
23.1 mm

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
27°C
Rain
22.8 mm

Sat 7 · 100 out of 100

Wind
0 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
28°C
Rain
17.1 mm

Sun 8 · 100 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
29°C
Rain
23.4 mm

Mon 9 · 100 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
28°C
Rain
21 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 298, good
  2. Tue 3100, good
  3. Wed 4100, good
  4. Thu 5100, good
  5. Fri 6100, good
  6. Sat 7100, good
  7. Sun 8100, good
  8. Mon 9100, good
  9. Tue 10100, good
  10. Wed 11100, good

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Rafting Team 39
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov98, good1 kn7kn27°C11.1 mm
Tue 3Nov100, good1 kn6kn28°C16 mm
Wed 4Nov100, good1 kn7kn28°C7.7 mm
Thu 5Nov100, good0 kn7kn28°C23.1 mm
Fri 6Nov100, good2 kn8kn27°C22.8 mm
Sat 7Nov100, good0 kn8kn28°C17.1 mm
Sun 8Nov100, good1 kn9kn29°C23.4 mm
Mon 9Nov100, good2 kn9kn28°C21 mm
Tue 10Nov100, good2 kn11kn28°C9 mm
Wed 11Nov100, good2 kn10kn28°C6.6 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Rafting Team 39

A launch. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. The town to stay in is Belihuloya.

  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,180–US$2,370 each

about US$1,180–US$2,370 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to CMB, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$898–US$1,860
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$40–US$74
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$94–US$161
Food7 days eating outabout US$94–US$167
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$54–US$107
Totalabout US$1,180–US$2,370

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Belihuloya

Closest

Belihuloya

about 1h 30m by car · 30 places to stay

about US$33/nightcountry average

See 30 places to stay in Belihuloya · Booking.com

About Belihuloya its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$33 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 29h 35m

About 29h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CMB, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 2h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 25 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits