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Bluff surf break

Bluff surfForecast / Bocas del Toro / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 EST
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Bluff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bluff sea temperature is
27.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Bluff today?

The current surf forecast for Bluff at 4AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

Table - waves today at Bluff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
NE
1.6
NE
2
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2
NE
Period(s) (?)88888877777777777791010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1451201201331501171261111149090888888819696176359723828794719678
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.42
11:27AM
0.42
12:05PM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
-0.05
8:18PM
-0.06
9:03PM
-0.07
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:48----
Sunset------6:27-------6:28-------6:28-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
421------------121233145
Temp. °C262625242626262625252525262627262626252525262525
Feels °C (?)272726242626262725262626272629272827252525252525
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