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Roca Chica, Panama

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About Roca Chica

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

The spot faces S (189°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (9°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–7 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.4 km out (1 in 244). 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 April, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually January, February, March and December, with about 7 good days in 7; in October, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Boca Chica, 4.4 km away (about 10 min by car).

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

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Forecast

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DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct365 ft14 ssoft792kJ29°C
Mon 19Oct355 ft11 ssoft444kJ28°C
Tue 20Oct284 ft11 ssoft326kJ28°C
Wed 21Oct264 ft10 ssoft283kJ28°C
Thu 22Oct294 ft12 ssoft423kJ28°C
Fri 23Oct354 ft12 ssoft477kJ28°C
Sat 24Oct324 ft11 ssoft357kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct183 ft11 ssoft205kJ28°C
Mon 26Oct153 ft8 ssoft93kJ28°C
Tue 27Oct142 ft8 smushy60kJ27°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.

Your trip, day by day

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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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