Ben Weston (Catalina Island) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 20 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
18.1° C
(Which is 3.3°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 7PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.5
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.4
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)1313121212121212121477775666678877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9955525050505030501007656577665112106124259435481385212147
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
S
20
S
20
SW
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19PM
0.95
12:04AM
1.71
2:53PM
0.90
1:03AM
1.58
4:46PM
0.94
2:22AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
0.64
7:51AM
-0.23
6:26PM
0.76
9:09AM
-0.16
8:07PM
0.85
10:27AM
-0.12
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:16-------6:15-------6:13-
Sunset-7:28-------7:28-------7:29------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151616161616161617171716161515151516151515151516
Feels °C (?)131314151616151315141312121099101081012141516
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