Ben Weston (Catalina Island) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 17 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
17.2° C
(Which is 2.6°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: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616151515151515151514141414141414141717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37134125931623122822524624624222216315815414973735652148142130173226
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
0
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WNW
5
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
5
W
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoncross-
on
onglassglassglassonononononglassononglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
1.58
9:47PM
1.40
9:42AM
1.55
10:11PM
1.50
10:23AM
1.48
10:38PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:37PM
-0.12
3:41AM
0.15
4:02PM
-0.05
4:20AM
0.03
4:29PM
0.05
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise7:01-------7:00-------6:58-------
Sunset---7:02-------7:02-------7:04----
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. °C232426262424232322222424232322212122232222212120
Feels °C (?)232425232122222221202221202221202021211920202020
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