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
0.6m
ENE(60°)
Score: 8/25
Period
5s
Short period / windswell
Score: 1/25
Wind
16km/h
ENE(71°)
Score: 25/25
Weather
27°C
0.0mm19%
Windswell Component
0.4mENE@3s
Secondary Swell
0.2mENE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 12 km/h E|PM: 18 km/h ENE
12 km/h vs 18 km/h afternoon
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
12:47 am
Low tide - -0.02m
6:40 am
High tide - 0.46m
12:40 pm
Low tide - -0.08m
7:21 pm
High tide - 0.62m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
13
PoorComponents
Swell Direction0/25
Swell Size8/25
Swell Period1/25
Wind25/25
Raw Score34/100
Adjustments
✨ Wind History+6
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-15
📉 Undersized Swell-9
Adjusted Score13/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score13
✨ Groomed
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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°
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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