Santa Catalina
Surf and dive town · Panama
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Beds: 30 places
30 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£40 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£50 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£65 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 30 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 13 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Estero Beach · about 5 min by car
50 out of 100Santa Catalina · about 5 min by car
50 out of 100Punta Brava · about 10 min by car
46 out of 100San Pedrillo · about 15 min by car
39 out of 100Punta Roca · about 5 min by car
37 out of 100
Dive · this week
Granito de Oro · 50.7 km · stays here
76 out of 100Santa Cruz · 58 km · stays here
70 out of 100Bahia Damas · 51.5 km · stays here
–, no scoreCanales de Afuera · 41.1 km · stays here
–, no scoreFaro Reef · 42.8 km · stays here
–, no scoreIglesia · 48.5 km · stays here
–, no scoreMachete Point · 50.8 km · stays here
–, no scoreShark Point Coiba · 56.1 km · stays here
–, no score
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Santa Catalina.
Places to eat
3 near Santa Catalina
Places to eat near Santa Catalina
- Tiki Lodge Bar and RestaurantLatin american · 0.3 km from the centre
- El Chillinguito0.2 km from the centre
- Restaurante Los Pibes0.5 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
Map
the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Santa Catalina.
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Photos of Santa Catalina
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About Santa Catalina
where it is, what is near
Santa Catalina is a town in Veraguas Province, Panama.
From Santa Catalina you can reach 5 surf spots and 8 dive sites.
The nearest is Santa Catalina, a surf spot 0.3 km from the centre.
Overture lists 30 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is Alonso Valderrama Airport (CTD), 101 km away.
In Veraguas Province · Panama
- 30 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Alonso Valderrama Airport (CTD), 101 km, Enrique Malek International Airport (DAV), 155 km, Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC), 219 km
Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).