Playa Cambutal surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 04 Sep 2025 EST
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Playa Cambutal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Cambutal sea temperature is
28.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Playa Cambutal today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Cambutal at 11PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (04 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
4
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151616151514151515151414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1051122522711133105992995910481058982929858756853850776737724638649642608585536
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
S
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
2.68
1:50AM
2.72
1:57PM
2.89
2:33AM
3.00
2:43PM
3.11
3:12AM
3.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
0.87
7:49AM
1.03
8:14PM
0.66
8:36AM
0.78
8:55PM
0.46
9:19AM
0.52
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:13-------6:13--
Sunset6:28-------6:27-------6:25-------
mod rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
61----1553--13542--11314
Temp. °C242525252425272727262625252527272726252525252626
Feels °C (?)272828282729313030292928292931292829282929293029
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gulf of Panama

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Playa Cambutal (calm at El Cerro wx 45 km from Playa Cambutal). 1.3m 7s swell from the SSW with a 1.0m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.6m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0.0
28.7
Air / Water (°C)
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