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/ CAL – LA County (58 breaks) / California (403 breaks) / USA (1296 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.78° N 118.43° W)

Indicator Surf Forecast / CAL – LA County / USA

1 h 20 min ago

How big are the waves at Indicator today?
The current surf forecast for Indicator at 5PM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (27 Jan) | - | - |
Afternoon (27 Jan) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 19s |
Evening (27 Jan) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Indicator. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 01 | Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 125 | 120 | 163 | 158 | 151 | 137 | 132 | 84 | 121 | 115 | 73 | 72 | 80 | 81 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 61 | 59 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 58 | 53 | 51 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 51 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 144 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross | glass | glass | glass | on | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:44PM 1.46 | 2:37AM 1.91 | 3:39PM 1.29 | 3:35AM 1.93 | 5:49PM 1.29 | 4:33AM 1.96 | 7:12PM 1.37 | 5:26AM 2.01 | 7:57PM 1.45 | 6:12AM 2.07 | 8:28PM 1.50 | 6:53AM 2.13 | 8:54PM 1.53 | 7:29AM 2.20 | 9:18PM 1.56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:37PM 0.82 | 9:51AM 0.81 | 8:27PM 1.01 | 11:18AM 0.67 | 9:36PM 1.16 | 12:20PM 0.52 | 10:53PM 1.22 | 1:06PM 0.40 | 11:55PM 1.23 | 1:43PM 0.32 | 12:41AM 1.19 | 2:16PM 0.25 | 1:19AM 1.13 | 2:46PM 0.21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Palos Verdes Estates which is 4 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Indicator.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 01 | Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Summary | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C (?) | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunset | - | 5:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:25 | - | - |
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