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Cartagena - Hilton surfForecast / Caribbean / Colombia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 -05Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Today's Cartagena - Hilton sea temperature is
29.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross | cross | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | cross- off | off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:44AM 0.37 | 9:16AM 0.38 | 9:50AM 0.38 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:01PM -0.02 | 6:57PM -0.04 | 7:46PM -0.05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Fri 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 27 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 30 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 31 |
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