Panamainfo’s Blog

Panama’s new tourism minister Salamon Shamah is working to land the World Surf championships in 2012 for Panama. Panama has world-class surfing breaks at Playa Venao, Santa Catalina and on the island of Bocas del Toro.

Bring Two Surf Boards to Panama for Free

To get things rolling Minister Shamah did some arm twisting and got Panama’s Copa Airlines to agree that from now surfers can bring two surf boards free to Panama from selected Copa destinations in the USA, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.  Call you national Copa office for details.

Also, Minister Shamah plans to bring the 5 best surfers in the world to Panama next year and will be inviting international surf journalists to check Panama out.  Truth is many top surfers know Panama, have enjoyed it for years and were secretly hoping Panama would not be discovered.

We recommend you come to Panama to surf before the rest. Start with Lonely Planet’s Panama guide- they have a great surf map and basic info.