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El Palmer Surf Photo: 'Qué buen descanso!!!' by Juanma

Lat Long: 8.46° N 79.96° W

Issued: 6 pm 20 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Palmer sea temperature is

29.1° C

Slightly warmer than usual

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	13 s	off	4 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 January at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	N	NNW	SSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 January at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE		SSW	N
	13 s	glass		10 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 January at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	N		SSW	SSW
	13 s	glass		10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 January at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off	2 s	10 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 January at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	13 s	off	3 s	10 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 January at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	13 s	off	4 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	13 s	off	4 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	N	N	NW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	4 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	12 s	cross- off	3 s	12 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	3 s	cross- off	3 s	9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	9 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW
	16 s	cross- off	4 s	16 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Palmer around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 59 minutes after low water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.9m (6.2 ft). Range 5.83m (19.1 ft). Toggle tide graph

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El Palmer Surf Photo: 'Qué buen descanso!!!' by Juanma

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User: Juanma (1 photo)

Country: Panama (139 photos)

Photo taken at: 8:03 am 5 Jan 2016