Ben Weston (Catalina Island) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
21.2° C
(Which is 2.5°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 3PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313131313131313121215151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333321515828466244464645454444444342129413937353456
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassononglassglassglassglassglassonononononononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
1.37
8:08PM
1.72
9:17AM
1.44
8:48PM
1.70
9:39AM
1.50
9:25PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
0.55
2:55AM
-0.10
2:52PM
0.43
3:24AM
-0.03
3:28PM
0.33
3:50AM
0.07
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset---6:55-------6:54-------6:52----
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-22---------------------
Temp. °C202120212120202020202120201919191819191918181818
Feels °C (?)202422232322222222222320201920191920191816161618
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ben Weston (Catalina Island) (calm at Avalon Airport 6 km from Ben Weston (Catalina Island)). 0.2m 4s local chop from the W to make surfable waves.

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