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Las Bovedas in Golfo de Panama is a fairly exposed point break that has fairly consistent surf The best wind direction is from the northwest. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. Good surf at all stages of the tide. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Take care of rocks, pollution, rocks,crowds.

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Overall Las Bovedas Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Las Bovedas surf quality by season and Las Bovedas surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Panama - Golfo de Panama surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Las Bovedas

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Las Bovedas:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Panama La Vieja	3 mi
Second closest break	La Zurda	4 mi
Third closest break	Nuevo Loco	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Playa Mojon	5 mi
Fifth closest break	Playa Malibu	35 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Las Bovedas:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	558 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	837 mi
Third closest wave buoy	East of Bahamas Buoy	1175 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	1200 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	East Gulf Buoy	1237 mi
Tide stations nearest to Las Bovedas:
Closest tide station	Balboa, Panama	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Cristóbal, Panama	37 mi
Third closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	188 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Turbo, Colombia	198 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	249 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Las Bovedas:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	1256 mi
Second closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	1817 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	1819 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	1853 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	1866 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Las Bovedas:
Closest city location	Ancon (Panama)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Balboa (Panama)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Panama (Panama)	3 mi
Fourth closest city location	San Miguelito (Panama)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Arraijan (Panama)	8 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Las Bovedas is Marcos A Gelabert International (Panama) Airport (PAC) in Panama, which is 4 km (2 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Las Bovedas is Howard Afb Airport (HOW), also in Panama, 8 km (5 miles) away.
• The third closest airport is Tocumen International (Panama City) Airport (PTY), also in Panama, 21 km (13 miles) away.