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La Boquilla

Bolívar · Beginner Poor
0.9m
1/10
4s 15 km/h
La Boquilla - surf spot in Bolívar

About La Boquilla

Beach north of Cartagena with small, consistent waves for beginners. Combines surfing with the cultural and historical richness of the walled city.

Characteristics

Level
Gentle waves, ideal for learning. Low risk.
· 📅 November to March (trade winds) ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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10.4740°, -75.4979° Bolívar

La Boquilla — Bolívar

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:03

Poor
1/10

Waves

0.9m

6.2s period

Primary Swell

0.7m

4.4s N

Wind

15 km/h

Gusts 32 km/h NE

Secondary Swell

0.5m

7.4s NNE

Temp.

30.8°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
05:45
18:28
🌙
00:00
12:45
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 01:30 - 0.56m

Today's Tides

High Tide

02:30

0.61m

Low Tide

10:10

0.44m

High Tide

18:00

0.84m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.9m-0.9m

4s

N N
16 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

0.6m-0.9m

4s

N N N
9 km/h
🌓

Fri

0.6m-0.7m

5s

N N N
7 km/h
🌒

Sat

0.7m-0.8m

6s

N N N
8 km/h
🌒

Sun

0.6m-0.8m

5s

N N N
8 km/h
🌒

Mon

0.5m-0.8m

4s

N N N
8 km/h
🌑

Tue

0.5m-0.7m

4s

N N N
7 km/h
🌑

Wed

0.7m-0.9m

4s

N N N
7 km/h
🌑

Thu

0.8m-0.9m

5s

N N N
8 km/h
🌑

Fri

0.8m-0.9m

4s

N N N
12 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

12 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:30 (0.61m) 10:10 (0.44m) 18:00 (0.84m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

4° N
Period: 4s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 6 kJ
Tides: 01:30 (0.56m) 04:30 (0.57m) 10:30 (0.44m) 18:45 (0.87m)
Morning Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

358° N
Period: 4s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 5 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

359° N
Period: 4s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

359° N
Period: 4s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

4° N
Period: 4s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 5 kJ
Tides: 02:30 (0.52m) 05:50 (0.54m) 11:00 (0.42m) 19:30 (0.88m)
Morning Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

353° N
Period: 4s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 3 kJ
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

354° N
Period: 4s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 3 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

353° N
Period: 5s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 6 kJ
At night Poor

0.6m - 0.7m

351° N
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 4 kJ
Tides: 04:00 (0.46m) 06:30 (0.48m) 12:30 (0.39m) 20:15 (0.89m)
Morning Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

354° N
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 11 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

20° NNE
Period: 8s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 6s
⚡ 20 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

26° NNE
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 12 kJ
At night Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

355° N
Period: 5s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 6 kJ
Tides: 05:00 (0.44m) 08:00 (0.46m) 12:50 (0.38m) 21:10 (0.89m)
Morning Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

358° N
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 9 kJ
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

11° N
Period: 7s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 9 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

14° NNE
Period: 6s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 5s
⚡ 6 kJ
At night Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

359° N
Period: 4s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Tides: 05:30 (0.42m) 09:30 (0.46m) 14:00 (0.40m) 22:15 (0.91m)
Morning Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

350° N
Period: 4s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

350° N
Period: 4s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

354° N
Period: 4s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 3 kJ
At night Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

359° N
Period: 4s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Tides: 06:10 (0.43m) 10:30 (0.50m) 15:00 (0.45m)
Morning Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

3° N
Period: 4s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

3° N
Period: 4s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

2° N
Period: 4s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
At night Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

2° N
Period: 4s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Morning Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

2° N
Period: 4s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

3° N
Period: 4s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

4° N
Period: 4s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 4 kJ
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

6° N
Period: 4s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 5 kJ
Morning Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

22° NNE
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 19 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

4° N
Period: 4s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 5 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

5° N
Period: 4s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 5 kJ
At night Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

5° N
Period: 5s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 10 kJ
Morning Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

3° N
Period: 4s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 5 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

5° N
Period: 4s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 5 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

6° N
Period: 4s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 5 kJ
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

5° N
Period: 4s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 5 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
19 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
19 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Wed 08 Jul 22:00 0.9m 6s 0.7m / 4s N 17 km/h 0.5m / 7s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.67m
1
Wed 08 Jul 23:00 0.9m 6s 0.7m / 4s N 15 km/h 0.5m / 7s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.61m
1
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 0.9m 6s 0.7m / 4s N 9 km/h 0.5m / 7s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.58m
2
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 0.9m 6s 0.7m / 4s N 2 km/h 0.6m / 7s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.56m
3
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 0.9m 7s 0.7m / 4s N 4 km/h 0.6m / 7s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.56m
3
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 0.9m 7s 0.7m / 4s N 2 km/h 0.6m / 7s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.56m
3

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Surf information for La Boquilla

La Boquilla is a Beginner level surf spot located in Bolívar, Colombia. The bottom surface is arena. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is November to March (trade winds).

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard longboard

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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