Buritaca surfForecast / Caribbean / Colombia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 Oct 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
29.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Buritaca today?

The current surf forecast for Buritaca at 12PM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (16 Oct)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (16 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)777777768888888817171616111145
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7888874433333333665522519
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
10
NE
5
N
0
N
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
NE
5
NE
5
E
5
S
10
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
offoffglassglassglassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
0.20
7:37PM
0.29
8:52AM
0.23
8:14PM
0.25
9:18AM
0.26
8:51PM
0.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.04
1:15PM
0.12
2:31AM
0.07
2:19PM
0.13
2:42AM
0.09
3:27PM
0.13
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset----5:36-------5:36-------5:35---
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--143--11-121------13-1-
Temp. °C262629282726252525262828272726262526282827262626
Feels °C (?)292833333229272827293132323229292829313232302929
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  1. weather stationWind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Buritaca (moderate winds from the SSW at Santa Marta/Simón Bolívar International Airport 51 km from Buritaca). 0.3m 6s windswell from the ENE to make surfable waves.

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