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Santa Catalina

Updated Tue, Sep 22, 7:20 PM EST

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There is not enough current forecast information to choose a spot.

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What's missing?

No usable upcoming daylight wave or wind evidence is available. Check Tomorrow if today’s daylight has ended.

Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

No upcoming daytime sample has current, finite wind evidence.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 3.9 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind W 2.9 kt

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellSSW 1.8 ft @ 7sValid 2026-09-22 20:00 · America/PanamaMarine grid 7.6250, -81.2083 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea1.9 ft @ 9.4sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-22 20:00 · America/Panama

Model windW 2.9 ktcross-shoreValid 2026-09-22 20:00 · America/Panama0.5 kt onshore component

TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Santa Catalina
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
7 PM	SW 3.5 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SSW 1.8 ft @ 7s
8 PM	W 2.9 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SSW 1.8 ft @ 7s
9 PM	WNW 1.5 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SSW 1.7 ft @ 7s
10 PM	NW 2.5 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SSW 1.7 ft @ 7s

7 PMUnavailable

WindSW 3.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSW 1.8 ft @ 7s

8 PMUnavailable

WindW 2.9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSW 1.8 ft @ 7s

9 PMUnavailable

WindWNW 1.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSW 1.7 ft @ 7s

10 PMUnavailable

WindNW 2.5 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSW 1.7 ft @ 7s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Point break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 7.61, -81.24.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 180° · Location provenance

Model request point: Santa Catalina (7.61, -81.24). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 2/6 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier D · MODEL_FIRST_AMERICAS · spot-level model point

National or regional meteorological marine bulletin
No current IMHPA page passed exact variable, date, market-membership, zone-name, coordinate, and field validation.UnavailableNo source time
The Buoy API
No current same-exposure Panama wave observation with verified station identity, coordinates, units, timestamp, and individual break assignment is connected.UnavailableNo source time
WorldTides API
The IMHPA home page publishes only Pacific/Caribbean summary tides without a named station, chart datum, or break-level assignment; heights are withheld.UnavailableNo source time
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 6:30 PM EST
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 6:30 PM EST
Copernicus Marine Global Ocean Waves
Independent wave-model backend and cross-check; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.