Surfing Las Bóvedas (Casco Viejo)

Las Bóvedas is a left over rocks below the old city walls of Casco Viejo, in Panama City. It only breaks on a big south swell, because the Gulf of Panama blocks most of it, and the ride ends on a large rock.

It gets crowded when it works, the water is polluted and you need to watch your things. The waves aren't special, but surfing under the colonial walls with the skyline across the bay is something different.

It only breaks a few times a year, on a big south swell. On normal days, the beaches west of the city are the places to surf.