Playa Santa Catalina surf break

Playa Santa Catalina surfForecast / Veraguas / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 EST
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Playa Santa Catalina surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Santa Catalina sea temperature is
29.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Playa Santa Catalina today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 2AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

Table - waves today at Playa Santa Catalina. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151010151414141414141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)288386381350302277274517290381300315324532429452442418508584844903536641
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
0
WNW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
2.98
2:04AM
2.94
2:18PM
3.10
2:57AM
3.13
3:09PM
3.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
0.93
7:43PM
0.59
8:08AM
0.79
8:38PM
0.45
9:01AM
0.63
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
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Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-
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Rain (mm)
22312122111232222-111335
Temp. °C282726262829282727272626272828272727262627272726
Feels °C (?)333130303333313031302930313131303030293030292928
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Veraguas

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Playa Santa Catalina (calm at Residencial Villa Serena wx 62 km from Playa Santa Catalina). 0.8m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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