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Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios)

Chocó · Intermediate Poor
0.6m
1/10
11s 11 km/h
Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios) - surf spot in Chocó

About Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios)

Nuquí, and in particular Playa Juan de Dios, is one of the great treasures of surfing on the Colombian Pacific, located in the department of Chocó. It is a jungle beach with a pristine setting, with powerful waves that break amid lush nature where the jungle meets the sea. Its isolation is total: it is reached only by plane or boat, which guarantees almost always empty waves and a surfing experience in its purest form, far from any crowd. It is a destination recommended for intermediate surfers looking for adventure who are not afraid to arrive prepared in an area with limited services. The water is warm all year round and its best swell season runs from April to November. Beyond surfing, the region offers whale watching, waterfalls and impressive biodiversity. For the traveler seeking waves and wild nature, Nuquí is an unforgettable experience.

Characteristics

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

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5.7173°, -77.2835° Chocó

Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios) — Chocó

Current Conditions

Updated 18/07/2026 09:03

Poor
1/10

Waves

0.6m

9.3s period

Primary Swell

0.4m

11.3s SW

Wind

11 km/h

Gusts 28 km/h W

Secondary Swell

0.2m

14.7s W

Temp.

29.9°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

6.7

High

Visibility

3.9 km

Poor

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:03
18:27
🌙
09:52
22:14
🌘 Waxing Crescent

Tide

Rising

High Tide 18:17 - 2.46m

Today's Tides

High Tide

06:01

2.68m

Low Tide

12:13

-0.63m

High Tide

18:17

2.46m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.5m-0.6m

11s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌘

Tomorrow

0.5m-0.6m

12s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌘

Mon

0.6m-0.6m

13s

SW SW SW
3 km/h
🌗

Tue

0.6m-0.6m

12s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌗

Wed

0.6m-0.6m

11s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌗

Thu

0.6m-0.6m

12s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌗

Fri

0.6m-0.6m

14s

SW SW SW
3 km/h
🌖

Sat

0.6m-0.6m

18s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌖

Sun

0.6m-0.7m

17s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌖

Mon

0.7m-0.8m

15s

SW SW SW
3 km/h
🌖

Tue

0.0m-0.0m

3 km/h
🌕

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 06:01 (2.68m) 12:13 (-0.63m) 18:17 (2.46m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

234° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 21 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

231° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 21 kJ
At night Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 10s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 18 kJ
Tides: 00:30 (-0.72m) 06:47 (2.55m) 13:01 (-0.51m) 19:03 (2.25m)
Morning Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

226° SW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

228° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

228° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 21 kJ
Tides: 01:15 (-0.54m) 07:30 (2.34m) 13:49 (-0.38m) 19:53 (2.02m)
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 13s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 30 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

231° SW
Period: 13s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 30 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.6m - 0.6m

231° SW
Period: 13s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 30 kJ
At night Good

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 13s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 30 kJ
Tides: 02:00 (-0.30m) 08:18 (2.17m) 14:39 (-0.19m) 20:46 (1.83m)
Morning Good

0.6m - 0.6m

230° SW
Period: 12s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 25 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

230° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 25 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 25 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 12s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 25 kJ
Tides: 02:49 (-0.05m) 09:12 (1.99m) 15:33 (-0.04m) 21:47 (1.67m)
Morning Good

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 11s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 21 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 21 kJ
At night Good

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 21 kJ
Tides: 03:46 (0.11m) 10:09 (1.86m) 16:33 (0.05m) 22:53 (1.57m)
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

227° SW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 19s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

226° SW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 23s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

226° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 22s
⚡ 25 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 14s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 35 kJ
Tides: 04:49 (0.24m) 11:11 (1.78m) 17:40 (0.06m)
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

226° SW
Period: 15s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 20s
⚡ 40 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

226° SW
Period: 14s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 21s
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

226° SW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 19s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Good

0.6m - 0.6m

227° SW
Period: 14s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 35 kJ
Morning Good

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 18s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 18s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 18s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Good

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 18s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 57 kJ
Morning Good

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 17s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 51 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 16s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 16s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Good

0.6m - 0.7m

228° SW
Period: 17s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 51 kJ
Morning Good

0.7m - 0.7m

228° SW
Period: 15s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 54 kJ
Midday Good

0.8m - 0.8m

227° SW
Period: 15s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.8m - 0.8m

227° SW
Period: 15s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Good

0.7m - 0.7m

228° SW
Period: 15s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 54 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
3 km/h
Midday Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
6 km/h
Afternoon
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
3 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Sat 18 Jul 13:00 0.5m 10s 0.4m / 11s SW 7 km/h 0.2m / 15s W - - 7.1 4.6 km -0.51m
3
Sat 18 Jul 14:00 0.6m 9s 0.4m / 11s SW 11 km/h 0.2m / 15s W - - 6.7 3.9 km -0.02m
1
Sat 18 Jul 15:00 0.6m 9s 0.3m / 11s SW 12 km/h 0.2m / 15s W - - 5.4 4.3 km 0.72m
1
Sat 18 Jul 16:00 0.6m 9s 0.3m / 11s SW 13 km/h 0.2m / 14s W - - 3.6 3.9 km 1.50m
1
Sat 18 Jul 17:00 0.6m 8s 0.3m / 12s SW 9 km/h 0.2m / 13s W - - 2.1 2.4 km 2.14m
3
Sat 18 Jul 18:00 0.6m 8s 0.3m / 12s SW 7 km/h 0.2m / 11s W - - 0.7 3.0 km 2.44m
3

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Surf information for Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios)

Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios) 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 April to November (swell season).

Today's conditions at Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios)

Right now, Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios) has waves of about 0.6m with a swell period of 11 seconds and W (11 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios) you can practice surf and bodyboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios) is around 29 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Nuquí (Playa Juan de Dios)

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

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

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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