Check the Beach

Playa Puerto Bolívar

Uribia, La Guajira, Colombia

Playa Puerto Bolívar 3 photos

  • Puerto Bolivar - Bahía Portete - panoramio (1)

    Puerto Bolivar - Bahía Portete - panoramio (1). TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

  • Kohle - carbon - Puerto Bolivar - Bahía Portete - panoramio

    Kohle - carbon - Puerto Bolivar - Bahía Portete - panoramio. TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

  • Puerto Bolivar - Bahía Portete - panoramio (2)

    Puerto Bolivar - Bahía Portete - panoramio (2). TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 8 am to 10 am, sunset 5:25 pm
6 am
6.7
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
7 am
7.1
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8 am
7.7
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
9 am
8.7
19 km/h12 mph wind, Excellent
10 am
7.2
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
11 am
6.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
1 pm
7.4
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
2 pm
7.1
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.2
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
4 pm
6.8
23 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.8
27 km/h17 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 8 am to 10 am. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
28°C82°F
Water
28°C83°F
Wind
159 km/hmph E
Gusts
1912 km/hmph
Waves
0.5 m2 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
27%
Sunset
5:25 pm
Today
6.7Good6 am1610
7.1Great7 am1811
7.7Great8 am1710
8.7Excellent9 am1912
7.2Great10 am1912
6.8Good11 am1912
6.5Good12 pm1811
7.4Great1 pm1811
7.1Great2 pm1711
7.2Great3 pm1711
6.8Good4 pm2315
6.8Good5 pm2717
Sat
6.6Good6 am1711
6.3Good7 am1811
6.0Good8 am2012
6.0Good9 am1811
3.0Poor10 am1811
5.7Good11 am1710
5.5Good12 pm148
3.0Poor1 pm53
3.0Poor2 pm138
5.0Fair3 pm85
5.3Fair4 pm42
5.8Good5 pm21
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 2 am, 0.1 m. High at 8 am, 0.3 m. Low at 2 pm, 0.2 m. High at 7 pm, 0.3 mLow 2 am, 0.1 m<1 ftHigh 8 am, 0.3 m1 ftLow 2 pm, 0.2 m<1 ftHigh 7 pm, 0.3 m<1 ftNow7 am1 pm7 pm1 am
  • Low 2 am, 0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 8 am, 0.3 m1 ft
  • Low 2 pm, 0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 7 pm, 0.3 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
4.9 km3.1 miMedia Luna (village)
Nearest airport
127 km79 miAeropuerto Jorge Isaacs (MCJ)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Playa Puerto Bolívar.

Partner links

Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat6.6 GoodBest 6 am to 10 amWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 69%
  • Sun5.5 GoodBest 9 am to 11 amWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 69%
  • Mon7.4 GreatBest 8 am to 12 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 79%
  • Tue6.7 GoodBest 6 am to 1 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 65%
  • Wed6.3 GoodBest 6 am to 12 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 76%