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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 4 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
13.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Indicators today?
The current surf forecast for Indicators at 12AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (23 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (23 Mar) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Indicators. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 480 | 470 | 412 | 800 | 690 | 671 | 302 | 267 | 320 | 347 | 288 | 239 | 178 | 133 | 185 | 157 | 209 | 209 | 207 | 273 | 204 | 197 | 179 | 175 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:24PM 1.15 | 1:29AM 1.72 | 3:50PM 1.08 | 2:18AM 1.70 | 5:43PM 1.09 | 3:20AM 1.65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:52PM 0.71 | 8:25AM -0.12 | 7:36PM 0.88 | 9:35AM -0.09 | 8:48PM 1.00 | 10:56AM -0.07 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 17 |
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