Indicas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s call it like it is for this stretch. We’ve got a pretty bleak run of surf on the cards for Indicas. The outlook is a long, drawn-out period of poor conditions with very little to get excited about. The first window of the forecast is a write-off, and there’s a solid gap of almost a week before we even see a sniff of something rideable. The water temperature is sitting at 86°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t be cold while you’re staring at the chop.

The run starts on Thursday, July 9th, with a 3ft swell from the ESE, but it’s cross-on at 12 mph. The combined energy is a weak 137, and the period is a short 8 seconds. It’s just messy. This same story carries on through the weekend and into the next week. Every day from July 9th through to July 14th we’ve got 3ft to 4ft of short-period, cross-on junk. The wind is either a moderate or gentle breeze, leaving the surface choppy. The combined energy barely cracks 100, often sitting in the weak 70s and 90s. There’s nothing to recommend here.

On Wednesday, July 15th, things finally look a little different. The morning shows a 3ft ESE swell, but the wind goes glassy from the NE at just 3 mph. The combined energy picked up a touch to 116. The comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” and honestly, with glassy conditions, this is the best you’ll see. It’s still a small, short-period wave, but it’ll be clean. The next morning, Thursday, July 16th, also starts glassy with a 3ft swell from the SE (period 7 seconds) and energy of 152. Again, it’s surfable, but it’s nothing special. After that, the winds return to a cross-on breeze and we’re back to poor surf.

The second week, from July 17th to July 24th, is more of the same grim story. Swell stays around 3ft to 4ft, period between 7 and 8 seconds, and persistent cross-on winds from the SE or ESE at 9 to 16 mph. The combined energy fluctuates between a weak 65 and a moderate 140. The surf is consistently poor, and the wind keeps it choppy and ugly. There’s a day or two in early in the second week that might be a little cleaner, but nothing stands out as worth chasing.

The best bet for the entire 16-day window is the small window of glassy conditions on the mornings of Wednesday, July 15th, and Thursday, July 16th at Indicas. It’s a reef break, so it handles the swell better than a beach, but at 3ft to 3ft with a short period, you’re looking at weak, small waves. It’s an advanced wave, and it’s inconsistent, so don’t expect a lot. The crowds are listed as “sometimes,” so you might have a few others out there, but with conditions this poor, it’ll be quiet. The optimum swell direction is NE, but we’re getting ESE, so the quality won’t be what it could be.

Rusty, signing off.

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