Buritaca, Colombia

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About Buritaca

Buritaca is a town in Magdalena Department, Colombia. From Buritaca you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Rio Buritaca, a surf spot 1.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 18 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is SMR, 52 km away.

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Staying in Buritaca

  • 18 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: SMR, 52 km, RCH, 97 km, VUP, 107 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Buritaca.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Buritaca too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Buritaca: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Los Naranjos14.6 kmabout 30 min by carStays in Mendihuaca, 5 km3 ft54 kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots, good4 ft63 kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, good4 ft66 kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots, good3 ft37 kJwind from the west, 1 knot, fair2 ft12 kJwind from the south, 1 knot, offshore, too small1 ft7 kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft20 kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots, too small
All readings for Los Naranjos: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Los Naranjos, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct50, good3 ft5 shollow54kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots29°C
Mon 19Oct59, good4 ft5 shollow63kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct53, good4 ft5 shollow66kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct37, fair3 ft5 shollow37kJwind from the west, 1 knot27°C
Thu 22Oct23, too small2 ft5 shollow12kJwind from the south, 1 knot, offshore27°C
Fri 23Oct15, too small1 ft4 shollow7kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct28, too small2 ft5 shollow20kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots29°C
Rio Buritaca1.5 kmabout 5 min by car3 ft50 kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots, fair4 ft57 kJwind from the east, 4 knots, good4 ft61 kJwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, good3 ft35 kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft12 kJwind from the north-north-east, 1 knot, too small1 ft7 kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft19 kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots, too small
All readings for Rio Buritaca: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Rio Buritaca, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct40, fair3 ft5 shollow50kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots28°C
Mon 19Oct54, good4 ft5 shollow57kJwind from the east, 4 knots28°C
Tue 20Oct48, good4 ft5 shollow61kJwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct34, too small3 ft5 shollow35kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots27°C
Thu 22Oct19, too small2 ft5 shollow12kJwind from the north-north-east, 1 knot28°C
Fri 23Oct11, too small1 ft4 shollow7kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots27°C
Sat 24Oct22, too small2 ft5 shollow19kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots28°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Buritaca, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Buritaca

  • Pizzería BaruchPizza · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Bahia Blue1.5 km from the centre
  • Restaurant Mira Mar1.5 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits