The Point, Panama

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About The Point

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

The spot faces SW (232°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (52°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 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 crumble. The sea is about 28°C in October, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May, June, July and September, with about 4 good days in 7; in January, February and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Las Lajas, 25 km away, is the nearest town we list. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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

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Forecast

The Point does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at The Point, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	75, good	4 ft14 scrumbling	482kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots, offshore	30°C
Mon 19Oct	70, good	4 ft11 scrumbling	294kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	30°C
Tue 20Oct	58, good	3 ft10 scrumbling	223kJ	wind from the west, 1 knot	29°C
Wed 21Oct	58, good	3 ft10 scrumbling	190kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	28°C
Thu 22Oct	64, good	3 ft11 scrumbling	247kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	63, good	3 ft12 scrumbling	293kJ	wind from the north-east, 2 knots, offshore	30°C
Sat 24Oct	59, good	3 ft11 scrumbling	211kJ	wind from the north-east, 1 knot, offshore	29°C
Sun 25Oct	46, fair	3 ft11 scrumbling	138kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, offshore	29°C
Mon 26Oct	34, too small	2 ft9 scrumbling	79kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore	30°C
Tue 27Oct	25, too small	2 ft11 scrumbling	62kJ	wind from the south-west, 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.

Your trip, day by day

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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf The Point
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, wind 1 kn (1 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf The Point
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf The Point
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf The Point
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf The Point
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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