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 beginners: 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 beginner 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: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Juanchaco0.2 kmabout 5 min by car3 ft218 kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots, good2 ft122 kJwind from the south, 5 knots, good2 ft69 kJwind from the west-south-west, 5 knots, good2 ft127 kJwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots, good2 ft132 kJwind from the south, 4 knots, good2 ft74 kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore, good1 ft31 kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore, good
All readings for Juanchaco: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Juanchaco, each day
DayScore for beginnersSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct60, good3 ft12 s218kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots28°C
Tue 20Oct59, good2 ft11 s122kJwind from the south, 5 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct60, good2 ft10 s69kJwind from the west-south-west, 5 knots28°C
Thu 22Oct64, good2 ft12 s127kJwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots28°C
Fri 23Oct66, good2 ft12 s132kJwind from the south, 4 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct65, good2 ft11 s74kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore28°C
Sun 25Oct52, good1 ft9 s31kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore27°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).