La Barqueta, Panama

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About La Barqueta

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

The spot faces S (190°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (10°). 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 gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 45). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 28°C in October, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 6 good days in 7; in January, about 3. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Boca Chica, 40 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 La Barqueta, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	38, fair	4 ft14 scrumbling	660kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots	30°C
Mon 19Oct	38, fair	5 ft10 ssoft	432kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	30°C
Tue 20Oct	33, too small	4 ft11 scrumbling	331kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore	29°C
Wed 21Oct	28, too small	4 ft10 scrumbling	281kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	29°C
Thu 22Oct	37, fair	4 ft12 scrumbling	454kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	37, fair	4 ft12 scrumbling	476kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Sat 24Oct	28, too small	4 ft11 scrumbling	308kJ	wind from the north-east, 2 knots, offshore	29°C
Sun 25Oct	19, too small	3 ft10 scrumbling	161kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots	30°C
Mon 26Oct	21, too small	3 ft9 ssoft	125kJ	wind from the south-west, 2 knots	30°C
Tue 27Oct	19, too small	3 ft8 ssoft	95kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	29°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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No way there we can work out.

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