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Cartagena surf break

Cartagena surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
17.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cartagena today?

The current surf forecast for Cartagena at 6PM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
4
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.6
SW
2.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)111115141414131313131212121110101010101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)250606255011871255214016821541151813051225124012729729368487066928179408459169901089
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
NW
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NNW
5
E
5
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
E
5
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassonononononglassglassglassononononglassglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.78
9:48PM
1.27
10:25AM
0.82
10:28PM
1.34
11:01AM
0.85
11:04PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
0.37
4:42AM
0.25
3:46PM
0.32
5:17AM
0.19
4:25PM
0.27
5:51AM
0.14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54
Sunset--8:59-------8:59-------8:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019161415151821212016151516192221201716181819
Feels °C (?)171714131214141719181715151616182018171616181817
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