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Playa El Roteño

Coastal areas · Cuba

IntermediateBeach break23.063, -80.065

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Playa El Roteño is a N-facing sand beach on the Cuba shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of Mexico — it catches NW–NE swell, and offshore SE–SW winds tidy the banks through year-round.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~29.5°C (85.1°F) on average

Jan

25.7°C

78.3°F · 23.7–27.5°C

Feb

25.4°C

77.7°F · 23.1–26.5°C

Mar

25.6°C

78.1°F · 24.2–27.5°C

Apr

26.2°C

79.2°F · 24.5–27.6°C

May

27.2°C

81°F · 26.2–28.4°C

Jun

28.4°C

83.1°F · 27.1–29.6°C

Jul

29.1°C

84.4°F · 27.8–30.7°C

Aug

29.4°C

84.9°F · 28.3–30.8°C

Sep

29.5°C

85.1°F · 28.5–30.8°C

Oct

28.7°C

83.7°F · 27.4–30.3°C

Nov

27.5°C

81.5°F · 26.4–28.5°C

Dec

26.7°C

80.1°F · 25.5–27.9°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

NW–NE

Best wind

SE–SW

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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