Ben Weston (Catalina Island) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 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 4PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.5
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.4
SSW
0.9
W
0.4
SW
1
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
2.1
W
1.9
WNW
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)1212121477121112566678777777677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50305010076715719137587814625946541627216311474717992192181
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSW
25
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
20
NW
10
NE
10
E
0
N
10
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
0.90
1:03AM
1.58
4:46PM
0.94
2:22AM
1.43
5:58PM
1.05
3:57AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
-0.23
6:26PM
0.76
9:09AM
-0.16
8:07PM
0.85
10:27AM
-0.12
10:21PM
0.81
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:16-------6:15-------6:13-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:29-------7:30----
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151617171616161515151515151515151616161716161515
Feels °C (?)131414131212121111111098912131516151312141414
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