San Carlos Point surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 EST
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San Carlos Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Carlos Point sea temperature is
29.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at San Carlos Point today?

The current surf forecast for San Carlos Point at 2AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Evening (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

Table - waves today at San Carlos Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)191818181817171716161616161616161616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212195249246243237300286280273269269266259253191193208196191191191186176
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
0
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
S
5
SSE
0
WNW
0
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
SSW
5
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonglassglassglassoffoffoffglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
3.77
10:15PM
3.48
10:43AM
3.56
11:38PM
3.43
12:05PM
3.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
1.04
3:49PM
0.95
4:20AM
1.28
5:10PM
1.09
5:49AM
1.34
6:32PM
1.06
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:09----
Sunset------6:20-------6:19-------6:17-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
4211-221----14511---1233
Temp. °C272726272828282727262626282727272625252526272725
Feels °C (?)323129313332333232303030333232323028292831313027
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gulf of Panama

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at San Carlos Point (calm at Sora 19 km from San Carlos Point). 0.4m 18s long period groundswell from the SSE with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the S and a 0.3m 6s windswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0 km/h
WNW
0.0
29.3
Air / Water (°C)
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