First Beach (Wizard Beach) surfForecast / Bocas del Toro / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 EST
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First Beach (Wizard Beach) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's First Beach (Wizard Beach) sea temperature is
29.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at First Beach (Wizard Beach) today?

The current surf forecast for First Beach (Wizard Beach) at 8PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)--
Afternoon (16 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (16 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s

Table - waves today at First Beach (Wizard Beach). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)888888887778888777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77131313121111111056668877776665
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
0
SSW
5
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
W
10
W
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crossglassglasscrossglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.35
10:36AM
0.33
10:15PM
0.31
11:12AM
0.35
11:32PM
0.28
11:46AM
0.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
0.22
3:19AM
0.14
3:43PM
0.23
3:51AM
0.18
6:20PM
0.21
4:16AM
0.21
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:16-------6:16--
Sunset6:10-------6:10-------6:09-------
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thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
--2----------1---121--1-
Temp. °C272725252525262728272726262627272828272626262727
Feels °C (?)313127282828303031313130303031303132313030303130
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bocas del Toro

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at First Beach (Wizard Beach) (calm at Linea de Base wx 48 km from First Beach (Wizard Beach)). 0.2m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.1m 8s swell, also from the ENE and a 0.1m 6s windswell, also from the NE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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48 km away, 52 min ago

3 km/h
NW
0.0
29.8
Air / Water (°C)
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