Our surf trips to Cambutal take you to some of the best and most consistent beach breaks, point breaks, and rock bottom reef breaks in Panama. Cambutal has some surf breaks that are as good or better than Catalina, and the nice thing is that you will never surf with a crowd here. You might find one or two locals trying to surf on wooden logs at the long beach breaks near the small town of Cambutal, but never at the point breaks. It’s just you and who ever comes along with you.

Cambutal is a 6 hour drive northwest of Panama city and our tour lodging is in a nearby town about a 1 hour drive inland from Cambutal.

Cambutal is small fishing town with a 10 mile long stretch of beach breaks, rock bottom point breaks, and rock bottom reef breaks. This spot is the biggest on South swells and it is rarely under 4' and as big as 15' faces or more with a good swell. The bigger it gets, the better for surfing the perfect point breaks in this surf infested haven.

The tides fluctuate up to 18' between high & low tide creating a variety of conditions and strong tidal push. Cambutal has a variety of breaks for surfing all tides. The best breaks are the point breaks and they can handle the biggest of swells. The beach breaks tend to break best during medium to high tide, however you can normally get some fun tubes at low tide along the sand bars. Low tide beach breaks get shallow and hollow with steep drops and very fast walls.