Cartagena Surf Forecast

/ Santiago (21 surf breaks) /

Chile (94 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.54° S 71.60° W)

Surf Forecasts

Cartagena surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 -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 12.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cartagena today?

The current surf forecast for Cartagena at 12PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	16s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	16s
Evening (17 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	15s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed 20
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	486	595	779	759	778	700	765	764	551	519	479	554	768	1110	1264	1332	1256	1257	1293	1178	981	774	823	758
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	NW	WNW	NNW	N	N	ENE	E	ESE	W	WSW	S	ESE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:34AM 1.20					5:14PM 0.76				5:57AM 1.24				6:56PM 0.76				7:12AM 1.31					8:09PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)				11:42AM 0.36			10:52PM 0.38					1:12PM 0.29				12:17AM 0.37					2:18PM 0.20			1:29AM 0.31

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed 20
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	16	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	15	17	15	13	13	13
Feels °C (?)	10	9	12	11	12	12	12	11	9	9	15	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	14	14	13	11	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Santiago

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cartagena (light winds from the NNE.(Wind varies from 350 to 050 degs) at Santo Domingo Airport 10 km from Cartagena). 1.2m 16s long period groundswell from the WSW with a 0.7m 8s swell from the WNW and a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 6 minutes ago Cartagena

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2 h 6 min ago

9 km/h

NNE

Clean

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