Beach
left
Level 4/10
Gibara
Holguín, Cuba
🌀Strong rips
Gibara is a beach break on Cuba's remote north coast near Holguín—offering consistent waves without needing huge swells to work. The uncrowded lineups and authentic Cuban experience make this worth the journey east from Havana.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
✨
Groomed
Clean faces from offshore winds
Swell
0.8m
ENE(72°)
Score: 10/25
Period
6s
Short period / windswell
Score: 2/25
Wind
18km/h
E(92°)
Score: 25/25
Weather
28°C
0.0mm44%
Windswell Component
0.8mE@4s
Secondary Swell
0.1mESE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
5:30 am
High tide - 0.48m
12:00 pm
Low tide - -0.04m
5:40 pm
High tide - 0.35m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
15
PoorComponents
Swell Direction0/25
Swell Size10/25
Swell Period2/25
Wind25/25
Raw Score37/100
Adjustments
✨ Wind History+6
🌊💨 Windswell-5
⚠️ Weak Component-15
📉 Undersized Swell-8
Adjusted Score15/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score15
✨ Groomed🌊💨 Windswell
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- N (350°)
- Direction range
- 320° - 20°
- Size range
- 0.6m - 2m
- Ideal size
- 1.6m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 12s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- E (90°)
- Offshore range
- 60° - 120°
- Best window
- morning
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- all
- Optimal range
- 0.2m - 2.5m
Water temp
27°C
Wetsuit
Boardshorts / Rashguard
Difficulty
4/10
Crowd level
1/10
Access: Holguín province. Remote north coast.
Best Season
Peak: Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
Secondary: Sep, Oct
Rarely needs 8ft to work. Rare Cuban barrel.
Getting There
Airport
HOGDrive time
30 minData quality
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