Surf Forecasts:
Indicator surf forecast from 25 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 25 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 20s period, SW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 25 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 20s period, SW swell with 552 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 25 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 20s period with SW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Indicator this week:
The surf forecast for Indicator over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 25) at 11PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 20s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 6s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Indicator in the next 16 days are 0.9m 20s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 25) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.1m 14s period and expected on Friday (Jul 31) at 11AM.
| Wave Type | Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 11PM (Sat 25th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 20s |
| Best Surf | 11PM (Sat 25th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 20s |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Sat 25th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 20s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Indicator over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Hey, Rusty here again. Same story, different numbers. This reef and point break on the Indicator is lookin’ dead quiet for the whole 16 days. From July 25th through August 9th, we’ve got a whole lot of nothin’.
Swell heights barely break 2 feet at best, mostly from the west — which is the wrong angle for this spot; we want it out of the northwest. Combined energy numbers are tiny — mostly in the teens and twenties, a couple of low hundreds in the afternoons, but still nothing that’ll get your heart racing.
Water temp on the 25th morning is a balmy 72°, a whopping 7° above the norm for this time of year — that’s very unusual. Feels like summer swimming, not surf season.
One tiny blip on Friday July 31st afternoon: a 1 foot southwest groundswell with a long 15-second period, but it’s hitting a cross-onshore breeze and the energy is still weak at 42. Not gonna turn this around.
The rest is flat or ankle-biters. Clean mornings with light offshore wind but hardly a wave worth mentioning. If you’ve got a kite, the afternoons get a little breeze, but for a paddle surfer, this is a total bust.
Sometimes this place just goes dead, and that’s where we’re at. No standouts. No reason to get excited.
Rusty, out.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | SW 21 | SW 19 | W 6 | W 7 | SW 18 | W 7 | W 7 | SW 17 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | SW 15 | W 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 18 | 355 | 546 | 28 | 22 | 455 | 44 | 32 | 414 | 43 | 31 | 46 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 8 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:13AM1.43m | 7:20PM2.08m | 9:40AM1.48m | 8:00PM2.16m | 10:04AM1.51m | 8:36PM2.22m | 10:29AM1.54m | 9:11PM2.25m | 10:54AM1.58m | 9:44PM2.23m | 11:20AM1.62m | 10:17PM2.17m | 11:45AM1.67m | 10:51PM2.06m | |||||||
Low Tide | 1:01PM1.24m | 2:54AM0.31m | 1:45PM1.20m | 3:26AM0.24m | 2:23PM1.14m | 3:56AM0.20m | 2:59PM1.09m | 4:25AM0.19m | 3:35PM1.05m | 4:53AM0.21m | 4:12PM1.01m | 5:19AM0.27m | 4:52PM0.99m | ||||||||
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 | 6:00 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — |
 | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
Feels °C | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 19 | W 7 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSE 14 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 |
| kJ | 467 | 355 | 546 | 480 | 413 | 455 | 553 | 610 | 96 | 528 | 510 | 417 | 318 | 322 | 280 | 201 | 283 | 329 | 482 | 496 | 434 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | SSW 10 | SW 17 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | SSW 16 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | W 6 | SW 15 | W 5 |
| kJ | 18 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 46 | 44 | 9 | 414 | 43 | 31 | 46 | 32 | 120 | 147 | 277 | 140 | 138 | 11 | 33 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | S 10 | W 10 | SW 9 | SE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 15 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 28 | 47 | 14 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 19 | 87 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 5 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 2 |
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