Ben Weston (Catalina Island) surf break

Ben Weston (Catalina Island) surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 09 Mar 2026 PDT
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Ben Weston (Catalina Island) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ben Weston (Catalina Island) sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ben Weston (Catalina Island) today?

The current surf forecast for Ben Weston (Catalina Island) at 2PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

Table - waves today at Ben Weston (Catalina Island). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)61212121211111111111121211111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15292828709788896464651531531141461531461128385116896158
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
S
15
S
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
5
SE
0
NE
0
NE
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24PM
0.69
1:49AM
1.26
3:09AM
1.20
9:48PM
0.93
4:58AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
0.32
5:25PM
0.68
10:54AM
0.31
12:24PM
0.21
10:35PM
0.92
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise7:11-------7:11-------7:09-------
Sunset---6:55-------6:57-------6:58----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161615151515151514131313131314151517192021
Feels °C (?)131314141515151515151412121313141314131214161718
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