Ben Weston (Catalina Island) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 Apr 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
17.8° C
(Which is 3.1°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 4PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.4
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)7716161677716161616171818181818181516161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)74746390127320320191129129129214309399399399276186180291326407412330
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
20
SW
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassononononcross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
1.19
8:33PM
0.95
3:50AM
1.15
7:48PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
0.21
11:14AM
0.18
10:18PM
0.94
12:12PM
0.12
12:06AM
0.83
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:31-------6:31-------6:30-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:19-------7:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151616171718171717171717171716161616171716161615
Feels °C (?)151716151517161616161414141615151616161513131313
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