Buritaca surfForecast / Caribbean / Colombia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 18 Jul 2025 -05
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Buritaca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Buritaca sea temperature is
27.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Buritaca today?

The current surf forecast for Buritaca at 2AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jul)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (19 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s

Table - waves today at Buritaca. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.9
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
2
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.8
NE
2.1
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888877788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)10291280925528470427458470406689834432318267267250205385502309239231316270
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
0.36
5:50AM
0.10
7:15PM
0.39
7:10AM
0.07
8:03PM
0.41
8:22AM
0.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
0.08
11:09AM
0.03
3:34AM
0.04
11:45AM
0.02
4:28AM
0.01
12:27PM
0.01
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset6:22-------6:22-------6:22-------
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Rain (mm)
-1------131-----22------
Temp. °C292827252525282929262625252527282826262625252828
Feels °C (?)323230272727323334303028282931333330313028283233
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Caribbean

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Buritaca (light winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 360 to 110 degs) at Santa Marta/Simón Bolívar International Airport 51 km from Buritaca). A 2.5m swell from the NE are too big for here

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