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Playa Almejal

Chocó · Intermediate Good
1.4m
7/10
12s 2 km/h
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Playa Almejal - surf spot in Chocó
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About Playa Almejal

Playa Almejal is a beautiful dark volcanic sand beach located near El Valle and Bahía Solano, on the Chocó Pacific coast of Colombia. Its consistent, powerful waves, which break over a sand bottom, make it an attractive destination for intermediate surfers looking for good sessions in a remote, spectacular setting. The landscape is its great distinction: the beach is surrounded by lush tropical jungle that descends to the sea, in one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet. During the season, one of its biggest attractions is humpback whale watching, as they arrive in these warm Pacific waters. The water is mild all year and its best season runs from May to November, when the best swells come in. For the traveler looking to combine surf, wild nature and encounters with marine wildlife, Playa Almejal is a magical corner of the Colombian Pacific coast.

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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6.1109°, -77.4347° Chocó
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Playa Almejal — Chocó

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:03

Good
7/10

Waves

1.4m

14.0s period

Primary Swell

1.4m

11.8s SW

Wind

2 km/h

Gusts 16 km/h SE

Secondary Swell

0.1m

3.2s N

Temp.

29.3°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

2.3 km

Poor

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 05:55
↓ 17:53
🌙
↑ 13:11
↓ 00:27
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 02:38 - 0.47m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.4m 💨 3 km/h
Good 7/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

02:38

0.47m

High Tide

08:46

1.66m

Low Tide

15:18

0.31m

High Tide

21:47

1.67m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.3m-1.4m

12s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.3m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.3m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.2m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌖

Fri

1.1m-1.2m

12s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌖

Sat

0.9m-1.1m

11s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌖

Sun

0.8m-0.9m

10s

SW SW SW
3 km/h
🌕

Mon

0.7m-0.8m

8s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌕

Tue

0.7m-0.7m

10s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

3 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

4 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:38 (0.47m) 08:46 (1.66m) 15:18 (0.31m) 21:47 (1.67m)
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.4m

228° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 2s
⚡ 139 kJ
Midday Good

1.4m - 1.4m

229° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 2s
⚡ 139 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.4m - 1.4m

229° SW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 2s
⚡ 116 kJ
At night Good

1.4m - 1.4m

230° SW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 3s
⚡ 139 kJ
Tides: 03:56 (0.53m) 10:04 (1.62m) 16:30 (0.35m) 22:58 (1.74m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

229° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 3s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Good

1.3m - 1.3m

230° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
⚡ 100 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.3m - 1.3m

230° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.3m

230° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 2s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 05:15 (0.44m) 11:23 (1.70m) 17:33 (0.30m)
Morning Epic

1.3m - 1.3m

228° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

229° SW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 18s
⚡ 100 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.3m - 1.3m

229° SW
Period: 10s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 17s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Epic

1.3m - 1.3m

228° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 00:00 (1.96m) 06:13 (0.31m) 12:24 (1.93m) 18:27 (0.26m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

226° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 3s
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Good

1.2m - 1.2m

226° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
⚡ 102 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.2m - 1.2m

226° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
⚡ 102 kJ
At night Epic

1.2m - 1.3m

225° SW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 71 kJ
Tides: 00:46 (2.24m) 07:02 (0.10m) 13:09 (2.15m) 19:11 (0.10m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

225° SW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Good

1.1m - 1.1m

228° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.1m - 1.1m

227° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 1s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.2m

225° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 1s
⚡ 86 kJ
Tides: 01:26 (2.43m) 07:44 (-0.17m) 13:52 (2.32m) 19:54 (-0.12m)
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

227° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
⚡ 59 kJ
Midday Good

1.0m - 1.0m

224° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 9s
⚡ 59 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.0m - 1.0m

223° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 59 kJ
At night Good

1.0m - 1.1m

227° SW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 5s
⚡ 59 kJ
Morning Good

0.9m - 0.9m

220° SW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 40 kJ
Midday Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

219° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 31 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

219° SW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 31 kJ
At night Good

0.8m - 0.9m

220° SW
Period: 10s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 31 kJ
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

218° SW
Period: 9s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 18s
⚡ 19 kJ
Midday Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

218° SW
Period: 8s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 15s
⚡ 15 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

217° SW
Period: 7s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 12 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

218° SW
Period: 9s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 19 kJ
Morning Good

0.7m - 0.7m

218° SW
Period: 8s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 15 kJ
Midday Good

0.7m - 0.7m

217° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 19 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.7m - 0.7m

224° SW
Period: 15s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 54 kJ
At night Good

0.7m - 0.7m

218° SW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 29 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
3 km/h
Midday Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
3 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
2 km/h
Morning
Midday
Afternoon
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
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 1.4m 14s 1.4m / 12s SW 6 km/h 0.0m / 4s NE - - 0.0 2.2 km 0.50m
6
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.4m 14s 1.4m / 12s SW 2 km/h 0.1m / 3s N - - 0.0 2.3 km 0.48m
7
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.4m 14s 1.4m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.1m / 3s NNW - - 0.0 2.9 km 0.61m
7
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.4m 14s 1.4m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.1m / 2s NW - - 0.0 4.5 km 0.86m
7
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.4m 14s 1.4m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.1m / 2s NW - 0.25 m/s 0.0 7.1 km 1.17m
7
Mon 19 Oct 07:00 1.4m 14s 1.4m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.1m / 2s NW - - 0.3 5.8 km 1.44m
7

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Surf information for Playa Almejal

Playa Almejal 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 Playa Almejal

Right now, Playa Almejal has waves of about 1.4m with a swell period of 12 seconds and SE (2 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Playa Almejal you can practice surf and bodyboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Playa Almejal is around 30 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Playa Almejal

Is the wave at Playa Almejal a left or a right?
Playa Almejal offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Playa Almejal?
Playa Almejal is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Playa Almejal?
The best season to surf at Playa Almejal is May to November.
Where is Playa Almejal located?
Playa Almejal is located in Chocó, Peru.
What is the water temperature at Playa Almejal?
The water is around 30 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

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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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