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Palomino

Magdalena · Beginner Poor
1.1m
3/10
5s 7 km/h
Palomino - surf spot in Magdalena

About Palomino

Palomino is a Caribbean beach located in the department of Magdalena, at the foot of the imposing Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in a unique setting where the snow-capped mountains can be seen from the sea. Its gentle waves, which break over a sand bottom, make it perfect for beginners looking to learn to surf in a relaxed, undemanding atmosphere. The town has a bohemian, traveler character, with lodgings, oceanfront hammocks and a slow pace very typical of the Colombian Caribbean. Beyond surfing, Palomino is famous for tubing on its river, which flows down from the sierra, and for its proximity to the region's indigenous cultures, such as the Kogui and Wiwa peoples. The water is warm all year and its best season runs from December to March. For the traveler seeking easy surf, nature, culture and a relaxed atmosphere, Palomino is a jewel of Colombia's Caribbean north.

Characteristics

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

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11.2568°, -73.5572° Magdalena

Palomino — Magdalena

Current Conditions

Updated 23/08/2026 18:01

Poor
3/10

Waves

1.1m

6.4s period

Primary Swell

1.1m

5.4s NNE

Wind

7 km/h

Gusts 16 km/h WSW

Secondary Swell

0.0m

10.4s WSW

Temp.

28.0°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
05:44
18:09
🌙
15:01
01:45
🌖 Waxing Gibbous

Tide

Rising

High Tide 19:30 - 0.66m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

03:30

0.32m

High Tide

07:30

0.34m

Low Tide

10:30

0.33m

High Tide

19:30

0.66m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.1m-1.2m

5s

NNE NNE NNE
6 km/h
🌖

Tomorrow

1.1m-1.4m

5s

NNE NNE NNE
6 km/h
🌖

Tue

1.2m-1.6m

6s

NNE NNE NNE
7 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.3m-1.7m

6s

NNE NNE NNE
10 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.5m-1.7m

6s

NNE NNE NNE
8 km/h
🌕

Fri

1.1m-1.6m

5s

NNE NNE NNE
3 km/h
🌕

Sat

1.2m-1.4m

5s

NNE NNE NNE
8 km/h
🌕

Sun

1.1m-1.4m

5s

NNE NNE NNE
5 km/h
🌕

Mon

0.9m-1.2m

5s

NNE NNE NNE
6 km/h
🌔

Tue

0.8m-1.0m

5s

NNE NNE NNE
5 km/h
🌔

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

6 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:30 (0.32m) 07:30 (0.34m) 10:30 (0.33m) 19:30 (0.66m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

28° NNE
Period: 5s
7 km/h
⚡ 15 kJ
At night Fair

1.1m - 1.2m

28° NNE
Period: 5s
6 km/h
⚡ 15 kJ
Tides: 04:00 (0.37m) 07:30 (0.40m) 11:30 (0.37m) 20:10 (0.69m)
Morning Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

29° NNE
Period: 5s
7 km/h
⚡ 15 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

30° NNE
Period: 5s
11 km/h
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

30° NNE
Period: 5s
5 km/h
⚡ 21 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

28° NNE
Period: 5s
5 km/h
⚡ 21 kJ
Tides: 04:30 (0.39m) 07:30 (0.40m) 11:30 (0.39m) 20:15 (0.67m)
Morning Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

31° NNE
Period: 6s
9 km/h
⚡ 25 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

31° NNE
Period: 6s
12 km/h
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

31° NNE
Period: 6s
7 km/h
⚡ 35 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.6m

30° NNE
Period: 6s
5 km/h
⚡ 35 kJ
Tides: 04:30 (0.42m) 08:30 (0.44m) 12:30 (0.43m) 20:50 (0.69m)
Morning Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

31° NNE
Period: 6s
12 km/h
⚡ 30 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

31° NNE
Period: 6s
16 km/h
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

30° NNE
Period: 6s
9 km/h
⚡ 30 kJ
At night Fair

1.5m - 1.7m

31° NNE
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 11s
⚡ 40 kJ
Tides: 05:00 (0.45m) 10:30 (0.51m) 14:00 (0.49m) 21:30 (0.68m)
Morning Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

33° NNE
Period: 6s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 13s
⚡ 40 kJ
Midday Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

31° NNE
Period: 6s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 40 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

32° NNE
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Fair

1.6m - 1.7m

32° NNE
Period: 6s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 14s
⚡ 45 kJ
Tides: 05:10 (0.45m) 10:30 (0.53m) 15:30 (0.48m) 22:30 (0.64m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

32° NNE
Period: 5s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 12s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

31° NNE
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 12s
⚡ 15 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

31° NNE
Period: 5s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 12s
⚡ 15 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.6m

31° NNE
Period: 5s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 12s
⚡ 24 kJ
Tides: 05:10 (0.45m) 11:30 (0.60m) 16:30 (0.53m)
Morning Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

32° NNE
Period: 5s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 11s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

34° NE
Period: 5s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 11s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

33° NNE
Period: 5s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 10s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

32° NNE
Period: 5s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 11s
⚡ 21 kJ
Morning Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

34° NE
Period: 5s
8 km/h
⚡ 15 kJ
Midday Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

34° NE
Period: 5s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 1s
⚡ 15 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

32° NNE
Period: 5s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 7s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.4m

33° NNE
Period: 5s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 12s
⚡ 18 kJ
Morning Poor

1.0m - 1.1m

34° NE
Period: 5s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 13s
⚡ 12 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

33° NNE
Period: 5s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 10 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

31° NNE
Period: 5s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 10 kJ
At night Fair

1.1m - 1.2m

33° NNE
Period: 5s
4 km/h
⚡ 15 kJ
Morning Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

32° NNE
Period: 5s
5 km/h
⚡ 8 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

34° NE
Period: 5s
5 km/h
⚡ 8 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

34° NE
Period: 5s
3 km/h
⚡ 10 kJ
At night Fair

1.0m - 1.0m

33° NNE
Period: 5s
5 km/h
⚡ 12 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 km/h
Midday Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
2 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
1 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 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 1.1m 6s 1.1m / 5s NNE 7 km/h 0.0m / 10s W - 0.11 m/s 0.4 8.9 km 0.61m
3
Sun 23 Aug 19:00 1.1m 6s 1.1m / 5s NNE 7 km/h 0.0m / 10s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.65m
3
Sun 23 Aug 20:00 1.1m 6s 1.1m / 5s NNE 5 km/h 0.0m / 9s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.65m
4
Sun 23 Aug 21:00 1.1m 6s 1.1m / 5s NNE 4 km/h 0.0m / 7s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.63m
4
Sun 23 Aug 22:00 1.2m 6s 1.2m / 5s NNE 7 km/h 0.0m / 6s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.59m
3
Sun 23 Aug 23:00 1.2m 6s 1.2m / 5s NNE 6 km/h 0.0m / 4s S - - 0.0 9.4 km 0.54m
3

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Surf information for Palomino

Palomino is a Beginner level surf spot located in Magdalena, Colombia. The bottom surface is arena. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is December to March.

Today's conditions at Palomino

Right now, Palomino has waves of about 1.1m with a swell period of 5 seconds and WSW (7 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Palomino you can practice surf, bodyboard and longboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Palomino is around 28 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Palomino

Is the wave at Palomino a left or a right?
Palomino offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Palomino?
Palomino is a spot recommended for beginner surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Palomino?
The best season to surf at Palomino is December to March.
Where is Palomino located?
Palomino is located in Magdalena, Peru.
What is the water temperature at Palomino?
The water is around 28 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

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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