Playa Santa Catalina Surf Break

Lat Long: 7.61° N 81.24° W

Playa Santa Catalina 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Playa Santa Catalina sea temperature is
30.0° C
2.0° 

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 (11 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Catalina at 5PM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 51mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
481
568
561
428
405
400
394
394
394
394
321
316
273
204
201
201
201
204
273
297
301
301
366
356
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
0
ENE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
SE
5
N
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:23PM3.15m
1:12AM2.89m
1:29PM3.27m
2:15AM3.08m
2:30PM3.40m
3:13AM3.29m
Low Tide
6:55PM0.53m
7:12AM0.75m
7:57PM0.35m
8:16AM0.60m
8:54PM0.17m
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6:13
6:13
6:13
6:13
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6:45
6:45
6:45
6:45
 mm
1
2
3
11
3
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
1
3
4
2
Temp °C
28
29
28
26
25
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
26
25
25
25
26
27
25
25
26
25
25
25
Feels °C
33
33
32
31
28
30
30
30
30
32
30
31
31
29
28
29
30
31
29
29
28
28
27
27
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