El Palmer surf break

El Palmer surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 31 Aug 2025 EST
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El Palmer surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Palmer sea temperature is
29.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at El Palmer today?

The current surf forecast for El Palmer at 6PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (31 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (31 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.6
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)16161616161717161616161616161615151515151471414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)168163159147163182177168168163165111941021029693941027063747271
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
0
NE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
10
W
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
5
S
0
S
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
3.49
9:15PM
3.14
9:32AM
3.29
10:20PM
2.99
10:40AM
3.18
11:40PM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02PM
1.25
3:14AM
1.51
4:02PM
1.42
4:20AM
1.67
5:18PM
1.47
5:43AM
1.69
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:11-------6:11
Sunset--6:28-------6:28-------6:27-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
244523252131-----131----
Temp. °C292929272625252525272625252525252726262525252525
Feels °C (?)333433302928283028312928282829293130312728282929
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gulf of Panama

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Palmer (calm at Sora 20 km from El Palmer). 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the SSE with a 0.4m 6s windswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0.0
29.2
Air / Water (°C)
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