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Cartagena surf break

Cartagena surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Friday 16 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
17.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cartagena today?

The current surf forecast for Cartagena at 8PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
1
0
1
3
4
4
4
3
1
0
1
3
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)13131312121110101010109101010111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1430138713231240127299086584870663475384087610061124127913031027126412871214121411121092
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
ENE
5
E
5
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
0
SSW
0
S
5
N
10
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
0
WSW
0
N
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglassglassglassononononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
0.82
10:28PM
1.34
11:01AM
0.85
11:04PM
1.40
11:35AM
0.88
11:38PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.32
5:17AM
0.19
4:25PM
0.27
5:51AM
0.14
5:01PM
0.22
6:23AM
0.10
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset--8:59-------8:58-------8:58-----
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)
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Temp. °C222119161515161922212017171818192322201716161517
Feels °C (?)191716151516161820181716181818182119181717171516
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