Indicator Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is gonna be a tough one to call. Indicator is a reef and point set-up that can handle a bit of direction, but the truth is, the next 16 days are looking flat. There’s really nothing on the cards that’s worth paddling out for. The whole run is a write-off for any decent surf.

We start off on Thursday, July 30th with tiny 1ft of weak, short-period wind swell. The water is a warm 72°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year, but that’s the only highlight. The wind is light and cross, but the waves are just too small and weak - the combined energy is a measly 10 (ten). That’s a no-go.

Friday the 31st is more of the same, with a 2ft swell in the morning, though the combined energy creeps up to 16 (sixteen). The afternoon brings a 1ft swell with a very long period of 15 seconds, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. Not worth a look.

The first weekend of August is a real bummer. Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd both have tiny 2ft swells. The mornings are clean with light cross-offshore winds, but there’s just no power behind it. The combined energy barely reaches 30 (thirty). You’d be floating around waiting for a ripple.

The pattern continues through the first week of August. The mornings are often clean, but the swell stays tiny and weak. From Monday the 3rd through to Sunday the 9th, the highest combined energy we see is 87 (eighty-seven) on Friday the 7th morning, with a 2ft swell. The swell direction is from the SW, which is not the optimum NW direction for this spot. It’s a frustrating stretch.

Then, in the second week, things get a bit weird. We get a pulse of energy on Tuesday the 11th afternoon, with a combined energy of 153 (one hundred and fifty-three) from a 1ft swell with a very long 18-second period. But the wind is a moderate cross-onshore, so it’ll be choppy. Wednesday the 12th morning has a 2ft swell and a combined energy of 193 (one hundred and ninety-three), again with a long period, but it’s cross-onshore. The biggest energy comes on Thursday the 13th, with a 2ft swell and a combined energy of 237 (two hundred and thirty-seven) in the afternoon. But again, the wind is a moderate cross-onshore, and the swell direction is SW, not the ideal NW. The period is 16 seconds, which is a long groundswell, but at a beach break or a point, that long period can make it break a bit straight, and with the onshore wind, it’s not going to be pretty.

The last day in the outlook, Friday the 14th of August, is a clean morning with a 2ft swell and a light offshore wind, but the combined energy is only 32 (thirty-two). It’s just too small.

Honestly, there’s no standout in this whole forecast. The only real energy we see arrives around the 11th to 13th of August, but the wind is wrong and the swell direction is off. For a reef and point that likes NW swell, this SW wind swell is a poor fit. With the onshore chop and the long period making the waves fat, this set-up looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The water is warm, but the waves are just not there. It’s a tough one, but forecasts can always change. Keep an eye on it.

Rusty

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