Esmeralda surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 EST
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Esmeralda surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Esmeralda sea temperature is
28.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Esmeralda today?

The current surf forecast for Esmeralda at 11AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.7
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)14141313131313131313121212121818121212121161116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)636160595958585733323029292929292929282625402525
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
S
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
SSE
5
SSE
0
NW
5
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassonglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononononglassoffglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
4.11
3:18PM
3.99
3:29AM
4.21
3:53PM
4.08
4:01AM
4.26
4:26PM
4.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.58
9:18PM
0.69
9:41AM
0.44
9:52PM
0.62
10:14AM
0.35
10:26PM
0.60
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset----6:00-------6:00-------6:00---
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thunderstorm
part cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---2331---12121---13433-
Temp. °C262627272826252525262627262626252525272726252525
Feels °C (?)303031303330282829303030293030292929323131292828
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gulf of Panama

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Esmeralda (calm at Sora 17 km from Esmeralda). 0.4m 6s windswell from the S with a 0.4m 14s groundswell, also from the S and a 0.2m 2s local chop, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0.0
28.9
Air / Water (°C)
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