Cartagena surf break

Cartagena surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 10 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
16.8° 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: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)988878888877777788788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)110102809391110131116113966267128112109102110136205407398428346311
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
15
W
20
W
15
W
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSW
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
onononglassglassglassonononcross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
1.00
4:58AM
0.91
6:14PM
1.03
6:09AM
0.81
7:18PM
1.07
7:34AM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
0.26
11:18PM
0.48
11:28AM
0.33
12:47AM
0.50
12:21PM
0.39
2:10AM
0.46
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-------6:47-------6:48-------6:48
Sunset---9:00-------9:00-------9:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222119161515151923212016151515182221191715141518
Feels °C (?)211917161515151921191817151615182019161413131517
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