Playa Santa Catalina surf break

Playa Santa Catalina surfForecast / Veraguas / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
28.1° 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 2PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (18 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121213131615151515151515141414141313136131377
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)575841426260575655545454815250477069456444435860
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
2.95
2:50AM
3.16
3:22PM
3.02
3:26AM
3.20
3:58PM
3.07
4:01AM
3.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
0.56
8:42PM
0.78
9:08AM
0.46
9:19PM
0.72
9:44AM
0.39
9:55PM
0.68
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:16-------6:18
Sunset--6:01-------6:02-------6:02-----
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
--112----------11233221-
Temp. °C262929272625252526282726262525252627272625252525
Feels °C (?)283232303028282828312928282728283030292928272828
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