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Rio Buritaca, Colombia

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About Rio Buritaca

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces N (358°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (178°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 2). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 26°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in September, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Buritaca, 1.5 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 14 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to SMR, changing at PTY.

    See flights ORD → SMR · Skyscanner from about £260 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 15 from the airport to Rio Buritaca.

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  3. Accommodation.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Buritaca · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Buritaca · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct153 ft5 shollow50kJ28°C
Mon 19Oct214 ft5 shollow58kJ28°C
Tue 20Oct194 ft5 shollow61kJ28°C
Wed 21Oct133 ft5 shollow35kJ27°C
Thu 22Oct72 ft5 shollow12kJ27°C
Fri 23Oct51 ft4 shollow7kJ28°C
Sat 24Oct82 ft5 shollow16kJ27°C
Sun 25Oct62 ft6 shollow15kJ28°C
Mon 26Oct31 ft4 shollow2kJ28°C
Tue 27Oct31 ft4 shollow2kJ27°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to SMR, changing at PTY, then 1h 15 by road. About 14h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to SMR, changing at PTY, then 1h 15 by road. About 14h 20 door to door

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Rough cost

About £750–£1,395 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to SMR, estimated from distance and season, changing at PTY, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£260–£540
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£70–£115
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£165–£280
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£750–£1,395

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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

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