Playa Santa Catalina Surf Break

Lat Long: 7.61° N 81.24° W

Playa Santa Catalina 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 06 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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 6PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 42mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
17
0.9
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
273
246
192
181
175
148
148
203
214
280
276
276
270
464
422
334
334
627
733
481
475
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:57AM2.83m
00:41AM2.99m
1:06PM2.96m
1:38AM3.19m
2:03PM3.12m
Low Tide
6:17PM0.74m
6:56AM0.79m
7:18PM0.62m
7:53AM0.58m
8:10PM0.50m
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part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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6:11
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6:13
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6:13
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6:12
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 mm
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2
2
5
2
2
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1
1
5
3
1
3
1
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2
1
2
2
Temp °C
28
29
29
28
28
27
27
27
28
29
29
28
28
27
26
27
28
29
29
28
27
Feels °C
33
33
32
32
32
30
31
31
33
33
32
32
32
31
30
31
32
32
32
31
31
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