(A few of the old guy surfers run the Hooked on Panama fishing lodge. Most of the surfer gringos are busy starting up businesses. Most of these surfers have lived and surfed in Hawaii, California, or both. There might be as many as a dozen surfers in town, mostly old gringos, mostly longboarders. The usual situation involves an offshore breeze in the morning that turns to onshore around midday – Except on cloudy days, when the wind never picks up and the surf stays good all day long. Surfing in Puerto Armuelles (Sarah pictured) In Puerto Armuelles, under ideal conditions, we are probably riding 8-10 foot faces. It is an all -around nasty place to surf with super dangerous currents. Playa Barqueta has a full-on exposure to a huge Antarctic swell. Guys come from as far away as David (an hour and a half) to catch our ideal surf conditions.Ībout that time, David’s own main break Playa Barqueta is getting pounded by 15 to twenty foot close-out faces. We have ten days of solid of 3-5 foot “epic” Puerto Armuelles conditions usually once or twice a season. However, the rainy season is also when we get our south swell. The ocean in Puerto Armuelles has been know to be flat as a pancake for a solid month during the rainy season. The waves there are usually clean, rideable probably about a third of the time in the rainy season. Life in Puerto Armeulles, Tegus Surfing Surf Conditions in Puerto Armuelles, Panama
It is a small beach front neighborhood that is becoming popular with expats.įor that reason, it is probably the most surfed beach in town.Ĭorazon is a beach break, as are most of the local surf spots, with equal numbers of lefts and rights. My favorite surf spot is located a ten minute drive north from the center of town (twelve minutes on a bicycle). Favorite Puerto Armuelles Panama Surf Spot I was out on my fish, and I had a bunch of fast little rides a fine way to start the day. Mid flood-tide, beach break, waist to chest high glassy, offshore breeze.
Tegus going left in Puerto Armuelles, Panama I just got back from a morning surf session.
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