Surf Forecasts:
Indian Wells surf forecast from 22 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 24 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period, SE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 29 Aug, 5PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period, S swell with 95 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 24 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with SE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Indian Wells this week:
The surf forecast for Indian Wells over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 24) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.5m and 6s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Indian Wells in the next 16 days are 0.9m 8s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 29) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 6s period and expected on Monday (Aug 24) at 5AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Mon 24th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Mon 24th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Sat 29th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Indian Wells over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here, checking in on Indian Wells. Let's be real, it's not looking like a classic stretch at all. The water's a touch warmer than average for this time of year at 73°.
We're in a bit of a quiet spell for a while. The first sniff of something rideable doesn't pop up until the morning of Wednesday, August 26th. Even then, it's tiny, just 2ft from the ESE with a clean look but very ordinary conditions.
That little window is brief. Wednesday afternoon degrades, and we're back to nothing until Friday morning, August 28th. That morning, though, we get a moment of glass: 2ft from the SE, period of 9 seconds, and the wind goes glassy. It's surfable, but the energy is still very weak (79). It'd be a longboard or a big fish kind of session.
The following week stays poor for the most part. There's a slight uptick in combined swell energy (98) on Saturday morning, August 29th, with 3ft from the south, and the wind is cross-off making it clean, but the wave quality is still just ordinary.
Then on Thursday, September 3rd, the swell tries to push. We've got 7ft from the SSE, but it's onshore and messy with poor surf conditions. By the afternoon the height bumps to 8ft, and the energy jumps to a moderate 509, but again, the wind is onshore. For the size, that's expert-only territory with a short, weak 7-second period, so it's going to be a washing machine. It looks more interesting for a kite session than a paddle session that day.
Honestly, the best of a bad bunch is the glassy Friday morning, August 28th. It won't be big, but it'll be clean and empty. The long-range outlook for September 5th has a touch of promise with a glassy 3ft from the east, but that's over a week away and far from certain.
Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun night, min 20°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 19°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 13 | SE 9 | SE 12 | S 5 | SW 6 | S 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SE 11 | SW 6 | SE 11 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 17 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 72 | 94 | 83 | 65 | 29 | 34 | 29 | 54 | 62 | 64 | 41 | 46 | 83 | 59 | 57 | 64 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:56PM0.75m | 5:09AM0.57m | 5:52PM0.77m | 6:10AM0.62m | 6:36PM0.80m | 6:56AM0.68m | 7:13PM0.84m | 7:34AM0.74m | 7:45PM0.87m | 8:07AM0.80m | 8:14PM0.88m | 8:37AM0.85m | 8:44PM0.89m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:11PM0.26m | 10:13AM0.26m | 11:56PM0.22m | 11:19AM0.23m | 00:32AM0.16m | 12:09PM0.19m | 1:04AM0.11m | 12:53PM0.14m | 1:34AM0.06m | 1:34PM0.10m | 2:05AM0.02m | 2:14PM0.06m | 2:37AM-0.01m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — |
 | 7:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:28 | — |
mm | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
Feels °C | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 5 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 12 | SW 6 | S 6 | SE 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SE 6 | SSW 5 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 7 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | S 5 |
| kJ | 13 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 72 | 94 | 12 | 65 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 62 | 64 | 21 | 31 | 83 | 59 | 57 | 25 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ENE 5 | SE 12 | ESE 7 | SE 6 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 10 | WSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | E 12 | SE 9 | SE 10 | E 11 | E 10 | SE 4 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 12 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 41 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 64 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 13 | SE 9 | ENE 4 | ESE 8 | SE 12 | — | E 6 | SE 11 | SE 11 | E 6 | SE 11 | E 6 | E 6 | E 12 | SSW 6 | E 11 | E 11 | S 8 | E 10 | S 7 |
| kJ | 17 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 22 | — | 1 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SE 3 | S 4 | S 5 | — | — | SW 6 | W 5 | WSW 4 | SW 6 | — | — | — | SSW 6 | — | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | — |
| kJ | — | 2 | 26 | 40 | — | — | 83 | 21 | 3 | 34 | — | — | — | 22 | — | 10 | 17 | 17 | 10 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 208 | 190 | 187 | 170 | 25 | 23 | 50 | 0 | 172 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 172 | 208 | 369 | 66 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
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