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Cartagena surf break

Cartagena surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Saturday 24 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
16.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cartagena today?

The current surf forecast for Cartagena at 11AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (24 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (24 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212121212121213131313131315141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)535519494430423409361309303303263263263200310320431431424424227659641769
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
20
W
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
S
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassononononononglassglassononononcross-
on		onglassglassglassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
1.23
3:14PM
1.05
3:11AM
1.11
4:06PM
1.08
4:05AM
0.97
5:10PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
0.16
9:05PM
0.35
9:37AM
0.22
10:15PM
0.41
10:24AM
0.28
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise---7:00-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------8:55-------8:54-------8:53-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414151818171514141416181819141414141619201916
Feels °C (?)141414141615141414141415151717121414141517171616
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