Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Playa Santa Catalina today (20 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 10PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Playa Santa Catalina. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
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 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 316 | 394 | 394 | 394 | 384 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 378 | 454 | 497 | 596 | 582 | 681 | 530 | 604 | 499 | 859 | 848 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | glassy | glassy | off | off | off | off | on | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | off | cross-off | off | on | on | cross |
High Tide | 11:29PM2.53m | 11:49AM2.48m | 00:26AM2.70m | 12:49PM2.63m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:02PM1.15m | 5:45AM1.25m | 6:04PM1.08m | 6:44AM1.07m | 6:56PM0.95m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — | — |
mm | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 316 | 394 | 394 | 394 | 384 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 378 | 378 | 312 | 596 | 582 | 681 | 530 | 604 | 499 | 859 | 848 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 21 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 6 | S 6 |
| kJ | 22 | 22 | 22 | 171 | 218 | 336 | 336 | 329 | 377 | 454 | 497 | 290 | 273 | 215 | 192 | 189 | 189 | 20 | 18 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 22 | SSW 22 | SSW 21 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 21 | — |
| kJ | 46 | 91 | 151 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 9 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 83 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 40 | 40 |
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