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El Palmer Surf Forecast
/ Gulf of Panama (24 surf breaks) /
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El Palmer surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 EST
How big are the waves at El Palmer today?
The current surf forecast for El Palmer at 5PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at El Palmer. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 118 | 116 | 115 | 111 | 99 | 62 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 29 | 49 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:18PM 3.64 | 1:56AM 3.77 | 2:15PM 3.82 | 2:45AM 4.00 | 3:02PM 3.99 | 3:25AM 4.19 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:07AM 1.21 | 7:37PM 0.91 | 8:07AM 0.99 | 8:28PM 0.73 | 8:54AM 0.76 | 9:10PM 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 |
| Sunset | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 28 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gulf of Panama
Continuing clean conditions at El Palmer (calm at Sora 20 km from El Palmer). 0.6m 4s local chop from the SSE with a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
20 km away, 1 h 29 min ago
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