Silverbacks surfForecast / Bocas del Toro / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 EST
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Silverbacks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Silverbacks sea temperature is
29.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Silverbacks today?

The current surf forecast for Silverbacks at 4AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
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 (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)888888888777777777777776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1091061061068676747457565453443433333333322719181111
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
0
SSE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
5
W
5
SSW
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
SE
0
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononglassoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscrossononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
0.44
10:33AM
0.15
10:01PM
0.38
11:27AM
0.18
10:57PM
0.32
12:22PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
-0.03
3:03PM
0.07
5:28AM
-0.00
4:16PM
0.09
6:09AM
0.03
5:48PM
0.10
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:18-------6:18-------6:18----
Sunset------6:27-------6:25-------6:25-
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------32-------2-------
Temp. °C272726262728282726262626262728282727262627282828
Feels °C (?)303029303131313129303030303031323032303031323133
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bocas del Toro

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Silverbacks (calm at Linea de Base wx 36 km from Silverbacks). 0.9m 7s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.

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