Cartagena - Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get straight into it. To be honest with you, it's a bit of a flat spell on the horizon for our stretch of coast here. We're looking at a solid run of no real swell energy for the next couple of weeks, with a whole lot of nothing to get excited about.

Cartagena - Jetty

The wind's been blowing around a bit, and we've got some clean pockets here and there, but there's just no ocean to work with. This break is inconsistent at the best of times, and with the swell energy sitting at zero (0) for most of the period, it's a pure flat spell. Water temps are about normal for this time of year, nothing wild there.

Thursday the 10th kicks off with clear skies and a gentle cross-off breeze coming in from the SSW, but the ocean is just flat. Poor surf conditions. Friday holds a touch of hope with some clouds and that same gentle cross-off, but it's the same story: zero swell. Saturday the 12th has a moderate offshore wind from the SSE, so the surface will be clean, but it's still nothing but flat ocean. That trend holds through Sunday with a gentle offshore.

We finally see the first pulse of energy show up on the charts for Sunday afternoon the 13th. It's a small 3ft northwest swell, period of 10 seconds, but the energy is weak at just 188. There's a risk of thunderstorms and a moderate onshore breeze from the north, so it won't be pretty. That's the only real blip on the radar for the entire first week. The swell direction from the NW is okay, but the cross-onshore wind is going to chop it up.

From Monday the 14th through to the 24th, we're back to a stubborn flat pattern. Energy readings stay at zero (0). There are some periods of glassy conditions and light winds, like Wednesday morning the 16th with the wind completely calm and the ocean glassy, but it's just a mirror with no waves to surf. We get another pitiful pulse of energy on Thursday the 24th, a dribble of 0.3ft at 6 seconds from the northwest, followed by another 0.3ft at 5 seconds on Friday the 25th. That's it. The energy value is a pathetic 1, which is essentially nothing.

So there you have it. For the next 16 days, this spot is struggling. It's one of those flat, frustrating stretches where the ocean just goes to sleep. We'll need a serious change in the weather pattern to breathe some life back into it. Keep the board in the car, but don't get your hopes up.

Rusty

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