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
0.9m
NE(44°)
Score: 11/25
Period
7s
Short period / windswell
Score: 4/25
Wind
20km/h
ENE(71°)
Score: 25/25
Weather
26°C
0.0mm45%
Windswell Component
1.4mENE@5s
Secondary Swell
0.3mENE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 13 km/h ENE|PM: 22 km/h ENE
13 km/h vs 22 km/h afternoon
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
6:30 am
High tide - 0.51m
12:38 pm
Low tide - -0.10m
6:47 pm
High tide - 0.50m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
33
PoorComponents
Swell Direction2/25
Swell Size11/25
Swell Period4/25
Wind25/25
Raw Score42/100
Adjustments
✨ Wind History+6
🌊💨 Windswell-10
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score33/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score33
✨ 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°
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
verified