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Galle

Surf town · Sri Lanka

Score a trip to Galle

Surf, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 175 places

175 places to stay within 2 km.

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 175 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 28 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Bennys · about 35 min by car · stays in Hikkaduwa · Not for beginners

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  • Coral Garden · about 30 min by car · stays in Hikkaduwa · Not for beginners

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  • Devils rock · about 45 min by car · stays in Weligama · Not for beginners

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  • Dewata, Galle · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Dewella (Unawatuna) · about 15 min by car · stays in Unawatuna · Not for beginners

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  • Hikkaduwa · about 30 min by car · stays in Hikkaduwa · Not for beginners

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  • Koggala Lefts · about 25 min by car · stays in Koggala · Not for beginners

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  • LAMANA POINT · about 35 min by car · stays in Ahangama · Not for beginners

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All 28 surf spots

  • Local's Point · about 30 min by car · stays in Hikkaduwa · Not for beginners

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  • Madiha · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Matara · Not for beginners

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  • Main Point · about 30 min by car · stays in Hikkaduwa · Not for beginners

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  • Matara · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Matara · Not for beginners

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  • Midigama · about 40 min by car · stays in Midigama · Not for beginners

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  • Midigama Right · about 35 min by car · stays in Midigama · Not for beginners

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  • Mirissa · about 55 min by car · stays in Mirissa · Not for beginners

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  • Owerkanda · about 20 min by car · stays in Hikkaduwa · Not for beginners

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  • Plantations · about 40 min by car · stays in Weligama · Not for beginners

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  • Rockside Induruwa · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Induruwa · Not for beginners

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  • south beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Welhengoda · Not for beginners

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  • Thalaramba Surf Spot · about 55 min by car · stays in Mirissa · Not for beginners

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  • Thalpe · about 15 min by car · stays in Talpe · Not for beginners

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  • The Peaks · about 15 min by car · stays in Talpe · Not for beginners

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  • The Rock · about 35 min by car · stays in Ahangama · Not for beginners

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  • Turtle eco beach · about 1h by car · stays in Matara · Not for beginners

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  • Unawatuna · about 10 min by car · stays in Unawatuna · Not for beginners

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  • Weligama · about 45 min by car · stays in Weligama · Not for beginners

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  • Wellamadama Surf Spot · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Matara · Not for beginners

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  • Wijiya Beach · about 15 min by car · stays in Unawatuna · Not for beginners

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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 Galle.

Places to eat

6 near Galle

Places to eat near Galle

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

Map

the town and every place near it

Galle on Google Maps

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Galle.

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Photos of Galle

Kaluwella, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka - panoramio
Photo: Daibo Taku, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Galle Roundboard 2011 - panoramio
Photo: aska fathima, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Galle Sivan Kovil
Photo: Sivakosaran, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Galle

where it is, what is near

Galle is a town in Galle District, Sri Lanka.

From Galle you can reach 28 surf spots.

The nearest is Dewata, Galle, a surf spot 2.5 km from the centre.

Overture lists 175 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Koggala Airport (KCT), 12 km away.

In Galle District · Dakuṇu paḷāta · Sri Lanka

  • 175 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Koggala Airport (KCT), 12 km, Colombo Ratmalana International Airport (RML), 95 km, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), 104 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).