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Playa Santa Catalina surf break

Playa Santa Catalina surfForecast / Veraguas / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
28.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa Santa Catalina today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 3AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111010101010121212101010151616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)303030303030182710101010141414999222425252544
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
10
NE
5
S
10
W
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
2.43
11:58PM
2.67
12:50PM
2.45
12:59AM
2.70
1:49PM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
1.02
5:40PM
1.22
6:32AM
0.99
6:44PM
1.21
7:30AM
0.90
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---6:41-------6:41-------6:41----
Sunset------6:24-------6:24-------6:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252423232629302826242323262929272625242426292927
Feels °C (?)242524242629323027252424263032292827262627313029
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