Cèbaco, Panama

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About Cèbaco

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces S (187°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (7°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 19). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 28°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in May, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually June, with about 5 good days in 7; in January and December, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Santa Catalina, 19 km away, is the nearest town we list.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Cèbaco, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	45, fair	5 ft14 shollow	775kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore	28°C
Mon 19Oct	38, fair	5 ft11 shollow	453kJ	wind from the north-east, 4 knots, offshore	28°C
Tue 20Oct	31, too small	4 ft11 shollow	372kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 21Oct	26, too small	4 ft10 shollow	321kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	34, too small	4 ft12 shollow	486kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	34, too small	4 ft12 shollow	501kJ	wind from the north-east, 5 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	33, too small	4 ft11 shollow	417kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	22, too small	3 ft10 shollow	216kJ	wind from the north, 5 knots, offshore	27°C
Mon 26Oct	20, too small	3 ft9 shollow	123kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	16, too small	3 ft8 shollow	80kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	28°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

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6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
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