Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Playa Santa Catalina today (23 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 19s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 19s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 9PM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 19s |
| Evening (23 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at Playa Santa Catalina. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 52mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 139 | 137 | 134 | 128 | 184 | 126 | 126 | 123 | 174 | 200 | 193 | 184 | 179 | 149 | 103 | 102 | 100 | 99 | 142 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 00:59AM2.44m | 1:08PM2.63m | 1:56AM2.60m | 2:01PM2.77m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:36PM1.05m | 6:57AM1.24m | 7:35PM0.92m | 7:54AM1.10m | 8:21PM0.77m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:36 | — | — |
mm | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Temp °C | 31 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 34 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 7 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 18 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | S 7 |
| kJ | 86 | 84 | 45 | 40 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 123 | 28 | 21 | 193 | 184 | 179 | 149 | 103 | 102 | 100 | 99 | 22 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 12 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 11 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 68 | 67 | 66 | 128 | 184 | 126 | 126 | 57 | 174 | 200 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 142 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 8 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 6 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 139 | 137 | 134 | 65 | 61 | 58 | 57 | 12 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 40 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 131 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
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