San Carlos Point surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 17 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 1PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave 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 San Carlos Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515141414141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19619119119118617617216912112011811611511196616059585757575655
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
W
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
S
15
SE
5
S
20
W
15
W
5
NW
0
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
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
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Sunset----6:17-------6:17-------6:16---
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Rain (mm)
--21-1-------21--11--2--
Temp. °C252526262626262524252627272625242525262626262625
Feels °C (?)282930292930302826272830303026262930313129282928
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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). 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 7s swell, also from the S and a 0.3m 17s long period groundswell, also from the S as well as a 0.3m 5s windswell, also from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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29.3
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