Playa Santa Catalina Surf Break

Lat Long: 7.61° N 81.24° W

Playa Santa Catalina 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Playa Santa Catalina sea temperature is
29.5°C
1.5° 

Playa Santa Catalina surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Playa Santa Catalina today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 8PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (05 Sep)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

Table - waves today at Playa Santa Catalina. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
674
666
666
604
596
487
530
522
610
443
437
437
362
321
316
316
312
250
236
229
222
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
15
S
25
SSE
20
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
off
glassy
High Tide
9:23AM2.96m
10:13PM2.68m
10:40AM2.86m
11:37PM2.71m
12:02PM2.89m
Low Tide
3:54PM0.77m
4:20AM1.01m
5:14PM0.80m
5:46AM1.00m
6:31PM0.70m
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cloud
thunderstorm
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
6:29
 mm
4
3
1
1
3
2
1
5
2
3
5
6
1
2
2
Temp °C
28
28
26
26
27
26
26
26
28
29
28
26
25
25
25
26
27
25
26
26
26
Feels °C
32
32
30
30
32
31
30
30
32
33
31
26
27
28
28
29
31
30
30
30
30
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