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Indicator surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.7° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 6km away, City of Redondo Beach Pier

How big are the waves at Indicator today?

The current surf forecast for Indicator at 2AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

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Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.3
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.9
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121111111099886788888887716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98898582734541511298114227441268304450257153643226255084
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
5
NE
5
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NNW
35
NNW
25
NW
30
N
20
N
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffoffoncross-
on		crosscross-
on		glasscross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
1.71
11:28AM
1.94
1:17AM
1.74
12:20PM
1.68
2:03AM
1.78
1:27PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
0.20
5:39AM
1.08
6:27PM
0.40
6:51AM
1.09
7:03PM
0.61
8:20AM
1.06
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----6:58-------6:58-------6:58---
Sunset-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161717151515161616161515141515161514131313131517
Feels °C (?)1616151314141312141613121010697989881111
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