
Arugam Bay
Surf and kitesurf town · Sri Lanka
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Beds: 98 places
98 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£25 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£25 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£35 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 98 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 8 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Arugam Bay · about 5 min by car
65 out of 100Pottuvil Point · about 10 min by car · stays in Pottuvil
63 out of 100Whiskey point · about 15 min by car · stays in Pottuvil
59 out of 100Gaza Strip · about 5 min by car · stays in Pottuvil
56 out of 100Elephant rock · about 10 min by car · stays in Pottuville
53 out of 100Okanda · about 40 min by car
41 out of 100Peanuts Farm · about 15 min by car
36 out of 100
Kitesurf · this week
Arugam Bay · 0.8 km · stays here
0 out of 100
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Arugam Bay; a spot more than 20 km away stays here because Arugam Bay is the nearest town with beds.
Places to eat
6 near Arugam Bay
Places to eat near Arugam Bay
- Arugam Bay Juice BarSri lankan · 0.2 km from the centre
- Dosa StationSri lankan · 0.2 km from the centre
- Tandoori HutIndian · 0.2 km from the centre
- 360 ArugambayMediterranean · 0.6 km from the centre
- Pizza HubPizza · 0.7 km from the centre
- Regal Burgers RestaurantBurger · 0.7 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
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the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Arugam Bay.
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About Arugam Bay
where it is, what is near
Arugam Bay is a town in Ampara District, Sri Lanka.
From Arugam Bay you can reach 7 surf spots and 1 kitesurf spot, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away.
The nearest is Arugam Bay, a kitesurf spot 0.8 km from the centre.
Overture lists 98 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is Batticaloa International Airport (BTC), 97 km away.
In Ampara District · Næ̆gĕnahira paḷāta · Sri Lanka
- 98 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Batticaloa International Airport (BTC), 97 km, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), 100 km, Koggala Airport (KCT), 192 km
Forecast updated . 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.
Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).