Playa Santa Catalina surf break

Playa Santa Catalina surfForecast / Veraguas / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026 EST
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Playa Santa Catalina surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Santa Catalina sea temperature is
27.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Playa Santa Catalina today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 2PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312121213121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)312249249246246246242231220220224227224217213213213217202195192147189147
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
10
S
15
SW
10
SSE
0
W
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
SE
15
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
SE
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
onglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
3.46
5:17PM
3.60
5:35AM
3.41
5:51PM
3.53
6:11AM
3.30
6:26PM
3.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
0.20
11:27PM
0.22
11:39AM
0.28
12:04AM
0.27
12:14PM
0.41
12:39AM
0.39
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:35-------6:35-------6:35------
Sunset----6:36-------6:36-------6:36---
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C252528302827272625252830282727262524283130282726
Feels °C (?)272629312930312927272931303031282726293331303130
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