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Indicators Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Indicators surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Indicators today?
The current surf forecast for Indicators at 3PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Indicators. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 69 | 269 | 118 | 56 | 109 | 148 | 234 | 234 | 228 | 402 | 471 | 490 | 436 | 360 | 314 | 314 | 245 | 245 | 204 | 204 | 192 | 192 | 117 | 113 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:26AM 1.41 | 7:48PM 1.65 | 9:59AM 1.44 | 8:48PM 1.62 | 10:29AM 1.46 | 9:40PM 1.56 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:07PM 0.84 | 2:50AM -0.08 | 2:58PM 0.67 | 3:30AM -0.06 | 3:43PM 0.52 | 4:05AM 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Sat 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz
Continuing clean conditions at Indicators (calm at Santa Cruz 2 km from Indicators). 0.8m 12s groundswell from the W with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the WNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 53 min ago
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