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Esmeralda surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 EST
How big are the waves at Esmeralda today?
The current surf forecast for Esmeralda at 7AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 15s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Esmeralda. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 196 | 191 | 191 | 191 | 186 | 176 | 172 | 169 | 121 | 120 | 118 | 116 | 115 | 111 | 96 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 55 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:05PM 3.52 | 12:55AM 3.55 | 1:18PM 3.64 | 1:56AM 3.77 | 2:15PM 3.82 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:49AM 1.34 | 6:32PM 1.06 | 7:07AM 1.21 | 7:37PM 0.91 | 8:07AM 0.99 | 8:28PM 0.73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Sat 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gulf of Panama
Continuing clean conditions at Esmeralda (calm at Sora 17 km from Esmeralda). 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 6s windswell, also from the S and a 0.3m 3s local chop, also from the WSW as well as a 0.2m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
17 km away, 51 min ago
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