Cartagena surf break

Cartagena surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 -04
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Cartagena surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cartagena sea temperature is
16.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cartagena today?

The current surf forecast for Cartagena at 8PM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)--
Afternoon (03 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (03 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
4
4
4
2
1
2
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
1.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111111101111111010101111121212121313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61411671441146448595472065226869074878484810091027114197410481042990838645574511
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
N
5
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
5
SW
5
S
0
ESE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
1.14
11:43PM
1.47
12:09PM
1.20
12:19AM
1.40
12:41PM
1.24
12:53AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
0.06
6:06AM
-0.01
6:03PM
0.06
6:36AM
0.03
6:43PM
0.09
7:03AM
0.09
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------7:35-------7:37-------7:37
Sunset--8:20-------8:19-------8:16-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019161516161722201916151515172121201716161617
Feels °C (?)171514131414141519171715151515171919181716161616
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