DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Feb. 05, 2013
Entity Registrant Name	SANTA FE FINANCIAL CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000086759
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--06-30
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	sfef
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,241,810
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013