Juanchaco, Colombia

In Valle del Cauca Department · Colombia · Juanchaco on Google Maps · Map of the spots

Playa de Juanchaco
Juanchaco. Photo: Ricardo Hincapié Trujillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Juanchaco

Juanchaco is a town in Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. From Juanchaco you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Juanchaco, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 32 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is BUN, 42 km away.

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Staying in Juanchaco

  • 32 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: BUN, 42 km, CLO, 116 km, GPI, 163 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 Juanchaco.

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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.

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 Juanchaco: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Juanchaco0.2 kmabout 5 min by car3 ft273 kJwind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore, good3 ft198 kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots, good3 ft142 kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots, fair2 ft100 kJwind from the south-south-west, 5 knots, too small2 ft119 kJwind from the east, 2 knots, offshore, too small2 ft122 kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft57 kJwind from the east, 5 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Juanchaco: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Juanchaco, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct53, good3 ft14 s273kJwind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore30°C
Mon 19Oct48, good3 ft12 s198kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct37, fair3 ft11 s142kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct28, too small2 ft11 s100kJwind from the south-south-west, 5 knots28°C
Thu 22Oct32, too small2 ft12 s119kJwind from the east, 2 knots, offshore29°C
Fri 23Oct35, too small2 ft12 s122kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct24, too small2 ft11 s57kJwind from the east, 5 knots, offshore28°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Juanchaco, 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).