Paunch Reef Surf Forecast

/ Bocas del Toro (6 surf breaks) /

Panama (43 surf breaks)

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Paunch Reef surfForecast / Bocas del Toro / Panama

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 06 Sep 2025 EST

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Paunch Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Paunch Reef sea temperature is 29.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Paunch Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Paunch Reef at 5AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Afternoon (06 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (06 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

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		Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	98	96	93	90	75	77	82	94	94	79	64	64	64	65	67	65	64	51	49	37	37	37	32	34
Wind (km/h)	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	W	NNW	NNW	NW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	WSW	N	NNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 0.37				11:53AM 0.12				11:16PM 0.32				12:49PM 0.17				12:16AM 0.27					1:42PM 0.23
Low Tide / height (m)				6:18AM 0.02			3:59PM 0.08					6:46AM 0.03				5:48PM 0.10					7:14AM 0.04

		Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	3	7	4	1	-	1	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	27	26	26	25	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	26
Feels °C (?)	31	30	30	28	29	30	28	28	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	27	27	28	29	29	29	30	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bocas del Toro

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Paunch Reef (calm at Linea de Base wx 32 km from Paunch Reef). 0.9m 7s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 10 minutes ago Paunch Reef

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32 km away, 1 h 10 min ago

5 km/h

WSW

0.0

29.4

Air / Water (°C)

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