Indicator surf break

Indicator surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 PDT
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Indicator surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Indicator sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Indicator today?

The current surf forecast for Indicator at 1PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)18s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

Table - waves today at Indicator. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.3
SW
0.6
W
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.9
W
0.5
SW
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)771861516167771661655558815151587
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61634928369091150210134129641295350402012127775107194
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
1.82
1:41AM
1.73
3:27AM
1.68
7:37PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
0.68
10:56AM
0.65
11:53AM
0.59
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:20-------7:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C161617181819181818171718191818171716161717171716
Feels °C (?)171618181717171818171718171415151615161715151513
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