Playa Santa Catalina Surf Break

Lat Long: 7.61° N 81.24° W

Playa Santa Catalina 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Playa Santa Catalina sea temperature is
29.9° C
1.9° 

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 (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 1AM is: 1.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Afternoon (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (08 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 92mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Tue afternoon, min 24°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Fri
10
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)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
17
1.3
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
1
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1038
1026
1165
1112
902
870
859
859
848
724
612
554
539
439
439
451
457
372
353
344
344
309
339
239
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
SSW
15
SSW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
SSW
Wind State
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
on
on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
High Tide
8:50PM2.76m
9:16AM3.07m
9:47PM2.70m
10:12AM3.06m
10:53PM2.69m
11:16AM3.08m
Low Tide
2:48PM0.83m
2:54AM0.82m
3:42PM0.81m
3:49AM0.89m
4:44PM0.76m
4:54AM0.91m
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
<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
7
2
1
1
2
2
4
44
12
2
5
1
2
6
Temp °C
32
30
29
28
27
27
29
31
30
29
29
28
27
27
29
30
29
25
24
25
25
25
27
29
Feels °C
36
34
33
32
30
30
32
35
33
32
33
32
31
31
33
34
32
27
28
29
29
29
32
33
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