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 beginners: 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 beginner 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Los Naranjos14.6 kmabout 30 min by carStays in Mendihuaca, 5 kmIntermediate and up

3 ft54 kJ

4 ft63 kJ

4 ft66 kJ

3 ft37 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

1 ft7 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Los Naranjos, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	50, good	3 ft5 shollow	54kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	59, good	4 ft5 shollow	63kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	53, good	4 ft5 shollow	66kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	37, fair	3 ft5 shollow	37kJ	wind from the west, 1 knot	27°C
Thu 22Oct	23, too small	2 ft5 shollow	12kJ	wind from the south, 1 knot, offshore	27°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	1 ft4 shollow	7kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	28, too small	2 ft5 shollow	20kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	29°C

Rio Buritaca1.5 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft50 kJ

4 ft57 kJ

4 ft61 kJ

3 ft35 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

1 ft7 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Rio Buritaca, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	40, fair	3 ft5 shollow	50kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	54, good	4 ft5 shollow	57kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	48, good	4 ft5 shollow	61kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	34, too small	3 ft5 shollow	35kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 shollow	12kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot	28°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	1 ft4 shollow	7kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	2 ft5 shollow	19kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	28°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

Buritaca, Colombia