Playa Santa Catalina Surf Break

Lat Long: 7.61° N 81.24° W

Playa Santa Catalina 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Playa Santa Catalina sea temperature is
29.7°C
2.0° 

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 (22 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 4PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (22 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (22 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 25°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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)
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
173
171
169
166
160
160
162
158
112
87
85
84
82
103
102
102
81
80
78
73
69
Wind (km/h)
5
W
10
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
WSW
15
S
10
S
5
SW
Wind State
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
12:35PM2.54m
1:19AM2.64m
1:31PM2.71m
2:02AM2.86m
2:16PM2.89m
Low Tide
6:57PM1.01m
7:25AM1.10m
7:45PM0.85m
8:10AM0.88m
8:25PM0.69m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:21
6:20
6:20
 mm
1
2
6
4
3
1
5
5
7
4
2
Temp °C
28
28
29
28
27
27
26
26
28
28
27
26
26
26
25
26
27
28
27
26
25
Feels °C
33
32
32
31
30
31
30
30
33
31
30
30
29
29
28
30
31
31
30
29
29
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Playa Santa Catalina surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest