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Santa Marta

Surf, sailing and dive town · Colombia

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Beds: 149 places

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149 places to stay within 2 km, 4 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

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Spots near here: 12 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

  • Los Naranjos · about 1h by car · stays in Mendihuaca

    33 out of 100
  • Arrecifes · about 50 min by car · stays in Mendihuaca

    31 out of 100
  • Rio Buritaca · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Buritaca

    27 out of 100
  • 7 olas · about 25 min by car

    13 out of 100

Sailing · this week

Dive · this week

  • Salichin · 8.8 km · stays here

    78 out of 100
  • Torin · 8.6 km · stays here

    78 out of 100
  • Barcazas · 3.7 km · stays here

    77 out of 100
  • Bombita · 8 km · stays here

    77 out of 100
  • Playa Vaca · 3.2 km · stays here

    77 out of 100
  • Punta Venado · 5 km · stays here

    77 out of 100
  • Punta Aguja · 9.5 km · stays here

    75 out of 100

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Santa Marta.

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Santa Marta.

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About Santa Marta

where it is, what is near

Santa Marta is a town in Magdalena Department, Colombia.

From Santa Marta you can reach 4 surf spots, 1 sailing spot and 7 dive sites.

The nearest is Marina Santa Marta, a sailing spot 2.7 km from the centre.

Overture lists 149 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR), 13 km away.

In Magdalena Department · Colombia

  • 149 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR), 13 km, Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ), 74 km, Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport (VUP), 136 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).