Arugam Bay is a main surf destination and annually attracts surfers from Australia, UK, Japan, US and many more and is located 300km away from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo and 3km from Pottuvil town. Arugam Bay is on the list of the top ten surf points in the world. Situated on the South East side of Sri Lanka Arugam Bay receives the same Antarctic winter swell's that hit Indonesia in the in the middle of the year. The best time of the year is between May and November when the predominant wind is offshore for at least the first half of the day..
