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El Valle (Bahía Solano)

Chocó · Intermediate Fair
0.7m
5/10
9s 5 km/h
El Valle (Bahía Solano) - surf spot in Chocó

About El Valle (Bahía Solano)

El Valle is a fishing village located on the Chocó Pacific coast, near Bahía Solano, in one of the most remote and biodiverse corners of Colombia. Its extensive sandy beaches offer good-quality waves that break in a setting of tropical jungle reaching down to the sea, ideal for intermediate surfers looking for waves and nature in equal measure. Its isolated character is its greatest charm: it is reached mainly by plane or boat, and there are usually very few people in the water. Beyond surfing, the region is an ecotourism paradise, with humpback whale watching in season, turtles, birds and lush biodiversity. The water is warm all year and its best season runs from May to November, when the best swells arrive. For the adventurous traveler seeking surf in a pristine setting of the Colombian Pacific, El Valle is a unique experience that combines waves, jungle and wildlife.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
· 📅 May to November ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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6.1857°, -77.4736° Chocó

El Valle (Bahía Solano) — Chocó

Current Conditions

Updated 23/08/2026 18:01

Fair
5/10

Waves

0.7m

10.7s period

Primary Swell

0.7m

8.9s SW

Wind

5 km/h

Gusts 12 km/h NNW

Secondary Swell

0.1m

12.0s W

Temp.

29.5°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:03
18:20
🌙
15:06
02:13
🌖 Waxing Gibbous

Tide

Rising

High Tide 00:34 - 1.62m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

05:18

0.41m

High Tide

11:37

1.71m

Low Tide

18:10

0.19m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.7m-0.7m

10s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌖

Tomorrow

0.7m-0.7m

12s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌖

Tue

0.7m-0.8m

11s

SW SW SW
7 km/h
🌖

Wed

0.7m-0.8m

6s

SW SW SW
7 km/h
🌖

Thu

0.7m-0.7m

12s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌕

Fri

0.7m-0.9m

14s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌕

Sat

0.9m-1.3m

14s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌕

Sun

1.3m-1.3m

12s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.1m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌔

Tue

1.0m-1.1m

11s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌔

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

5 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 05:18 (0.41m) 11:37 (1.71m) 18:10 (0.19m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

229° SW
Period: 9s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 10s
⚡ 19 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

225° SW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 29 kJ
Tides: 00:34 (1.62m) 06:26 (0.36m) 12:44 (1.78m) 19:08 (0.02m)
Morning Good

0.7m - 0.7m

224° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 29 kJ
Midday Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

225° SW
Period: 15s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 54 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

224° SW
Period: 13s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 41 kJ
At night Good

0.7m - 0.7m

224° SW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 35 kJ
Tides: 01:27 (1.73m) 07:24 (0.18m) 13:35 (1.89m) 19:53 (-0.13m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

227° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 29 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

227° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 7s
⚡ 29 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 10s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 31 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

225° SW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 29 kJ
Tides: 02:12 (1.94m) 08:12 (0.05m) 14:18 (2.06m) 20:32 (-0.26m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

229° SW
Period: 7s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 12 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.7m - 0.7m

228° SW
Period: 5s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 6 kJ
At night Good

0.7m - 0.8m

228° SW
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 6 kJ
Tides: 02:49 (2.13m) 08:51 (-0.14m) 14:55 (2.19m) 21:07 (-0.43m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

230° SW
Period: 13s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 41 kJ
Midday Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

230° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 41 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

230° SW
Period: 13s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 41 kJ
At night Good

0.7m - 0.7m

229° SW
Period: 11s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 29 kJ
Tides: 03:21 (2.28m) 09:26 (-0.34m) 15:32 (2.26m) 21:40 (-0.53m)
Morning Good

0.8m - 0.8m

229° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 53 kJ
Midday Good

0.8m - 0.8m

231° SW
Period: 16s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 80 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.9m - 0.9m

229° SW
Period: 14s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 78 kJ
At night Good

0.8m - 0.9m

230° SW
Period: 13s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 53 kJ
Tides: 03:55 (2.47m) 10:02 (-0.42m) 16:07 (2.44m) 22:13 (-0.52m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

229° SW
Period: 14s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 116 kJ
Midday Good

1.2m - 1.2m

228° SW
Period: 14s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 5s
⚡ 139 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.2m - 1.2m

227° SW
Period: 13s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.3m

230° SW
Period: 14s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 116 kJ
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

226° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 119 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

226° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 119 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.3m - 1.3m

226° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.3m

226° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 119 kJ
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

225° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Good

1.2m - 1.2m

225° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.1m - 1.1m

225° SW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 72 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.3m

226° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

224° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 59 kJ
Midday Good

1.0m - 1.0m

223° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 18s
⚡ 59 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.0m - 1.0m

223° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 59 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

224° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 72 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 km/h
Midday Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
4 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Open-Meteo Copernicus
Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Sun 23 Aug 18:00 0.7m 11s 0.7m / 9s SW 5 km/h 0.1m / 10s WNW - 0.45 m/s 0.8 10+ km 0.19m
4
Sun 23 Aug 19:00 0.7m 11s 0.7m / 9s SW 5 km/h 0.1m / 12s W - - 0.0 10+ km 0.25m
5
Sun 23 Aug 20:00 0.7m 11s 0.6m / 10s SW 4 km/h 0.2m / 10s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.47m
5
Sun 23 Aug 21:00 0.7m 11s 0.6m / 11s SW 5 km/h 0.3m / 7s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.78m
5
Sun 23 Aug 22:00 0.7m 11s 0.5m / 12s SW 2 km/h 0.5m / 5s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.13m
5
Sun 23 Aug 23:00 0.7m 11s 0.5m / 12s SW 2 km/h 0.4m / 7s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.42m
5

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Surf information for El Valle (Bahía Solano)

El Valle (Bahía Solano) is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Chocó, Colombia. The bottom surface is arena. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is May to November.

Today's conditions at El Valle (Bahía Solano)

Right now, El Valle (Bahía Solano) has waves of about 0.7m with a swell period of 9 seconds and NNW (5 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At El Valle (Bahía Solano) you can practice surf and bodyboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at El Valle (Bahía Solano) is around 29 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at El Valle (Bahía Solano)

Is the wave at El Valle (Bahía Solano) a left or a right?
El Valle (Bahía Solano) offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at El Valle (Bahía Solano)?
El Valle (Bahía Solano) is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at El Valle (Bahía Solano)?
The best season to surf at El Valle (Bahía Solano) is May to November.
Where is El Valle (Bahía Solano) located?
El Valle (Bahía Solano) is located in Chocó, Peru.
What is the water temperature at El Valle (Bahía Solano)?
The water is around 29 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

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Sports

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Condition Scoring

Rating Algorithm 1-10

Each forecast hour receives a score from 1 to 10, calculated by adding points for different factors:

Wave Height (0-4 pts)

< 0.5m = 0 pts | 0.5-1.0m = 1 pt | 1.0-1.5m = 2 pts | 1.5-2.5m = 3 pts | > 2.5m = 4 pts

Dominant Period (-1 to 3 pts)

Uses the dominant/peak period (wave_period). < 8s = -1 pt (wind swell, messy) | 8-10s = 0 pts | 10-12s = 1 pt | 12-16s = 2 pts | > 16s = 3 pts

Wind (-2 to +2 pts)

Glassy (< 5 km/h): +2. Light wind (5-10 km/h): +1. Moderate wind (10-20 km/h): offshore +1, onshore -1. Strong wind (> 20 km/h): onshore -2, offshore -1. Wind data covers the full 15-day forecast window.

Secondary Swell (-1 to +1 pt)

If a secondary swell with height ≥ 0.3m and long period (≥ 10s) exists, +1 point is added. If the period is short (< 10s) and direction differs > 45° from the primary swell, -1 point penalty for crossed seas. If directions are similar (≤ 45°), no penalty is applied.

Rating by score:

Flat (1) Poor (2-3) Fair (4-5) Good (6-7) Epic (8-10)
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