- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Indicators Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Indicators surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 12 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Indicators surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Indicators sea temperature is
14.9° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Indicators today?
The current surf forecast for Indicators at 3AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (13 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (13 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Indicators. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Sun 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1039 | 855 | 687 | 516 | 388 | 302 | 315 | 329 | 161 | 497 | 493 | 245 | 408 | 348 | 183 | 220 | 147 | 147 | 102 | 100 | 143 | 158 | 165 | 188 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:51PM 1.21 | 7:44AM 1.24 | 9:09PM 1.29 | 8:45AM 1.25 | 9:31PM 1.39 | 9:44AM 1.26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:17AM 0.58 | 2:17PM 0.06 | 2:54AM 0.37 | 2:52PM 0.11 | 3:31AM 0.15 | 3:26PM 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sun 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:42 |
 |  |  | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | |
Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Indicators surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest