Playa Santa Catalina Surf Break

Lat Long: 7.61° N 81.24° W

Playa Santa Catalina 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Playa Santa Catalina sea temperature is
30.0°C
2.4° 

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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 5AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (11 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (11 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 62mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
19
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
1
SSW
17
1
SSW
17
1
SSW
17
1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
326
402
620
604
512
411
339
405
330
325
418
408
399
541
576
615
543
512
643
627
627
733
724
620
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
5
S
0
N
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
3:47AM3.55m
4:12PM3.39m
4:23AM3.54m
4:49PM3.36m
4:59AM3.47m
5:26PM3.28m
Low Tide
10:01AM0.16m
10:13PM0.35m
10:38AM0.15m
10:50PM0.39m
11:13AM0.20m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
part cloud
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 mm
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1
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1
2
5
2
4
5
5
5
5
7
8
6
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3
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1
3
Temp °C
27
27
26
28
29
28
27
27
27
26
26
28
28
28
27
26
25
25
26
27
28
27
26
26
Feels °C
31
30
29
31
32
31
30
30
30
29
29
32
30
30
30
30
29
30
31
31
30
28
27
28
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