Playa Santa Catalina Surf Break

Playa Santa Catalina 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 7.61° N 81.24° W

Issued: 6 pm 06 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Playa Santa Catalina sea temperature is
30.0° C

2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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 (07 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 2AM is: 0.9m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jul)4ft (1.2m)18s
Afternoon (07 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)18s
Evening (07 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)18s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 31°C on Tue morning, min 26°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
8
Thu
9
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
19
0.9
SSW
19
1
SSW
19
1
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
596
596
590
590
679
616
1050
1038
1038
1026
1165
1112
1036
870
859
859
848
724
612
554
539
439
434
451
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
W
5
W
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
8:01PM2.84m
8:28AM3.09m
8:50PM2.76m
9:16AM3.07m
9:47PM2.70m
10:12AM3.06m
Low Tide
2:00PM0.82m
2:07AM0.74m
2:48PM0.83m
2:54AM0.82m
3:42PM0.81m
3:49AM0.89m
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:45
6:45
6:45
6:45
 mm
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
Temp °C
30
29
28
27
26
26
28
31
31
29
28
27
27
26
29
30
30
29
28
28
27
27
29
30
Feels °C
32
34
33
30
29
29
30
34
35
33
32
31
31
29
33
34
33
33
32
32
31
31
33
34
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
19
0.9
SSW
19
1
SSW
19
1
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
Energy kJ
376
297
590
590
679
616
1050
1038
1038
1026
1165
1112
1036
870
859
859
848
724
612
554
539
439
434
451
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.4
S
8
0.3
SSW
8
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
SSW
11
0.5
S
11
0.4
SSW
11
0.4
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
11
0.4
SSW
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
10
Energy kJ
596
596
289
293
233
297
20
14
89
86
93
59
37
37
37
37
37
47
57
58
47
47
44
47
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
9
0.4
SSW
9
0.4
SSW
9
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
8
0.4
S
8
0.5
S
12
0.5
SW
13
0.1
W
14
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
12
0.1
W
12
0.1
W
12
Energy kJ
25
25
25
23
22
22
71
84
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
Energy kJ
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
Distance (km)
85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
85
131
99
0
0
0
0
0
85
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Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
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Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
8
7
6
5
5
7
7
9
9
9
8
7
7
8
9
9
8
7
6
6
6
6
6
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