Indicators surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
13.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Indicators today?

The current surf forecast for Indicators at 2AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.1m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s

Table - waves today at Indicators. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
4
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
1.8
WNW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1689101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17141212021448747746119212751172427353386417339320250208204204204261267261327
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
N
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
E
10
SW
10
WSW
0
E
5
E
0
E
0
W
0
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononglassglassglassglassglassglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
1.16
4:35AM
1.58
8:14PM
1.24
5:57AM
1.53
8:53PM
1.31
7:16AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
1.03
12:16PM
-0.08
12:30AM
0.93
1:22PM
-0.11
1:40AM
0.76
2:15PM
-0.12
Wed
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:03-------7:01-------7:00---
Sunset-------7:23-------7:24-------7:25
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161311101016202117171716172122221715151414182019
Feels °C (?)141199814171916151413131919191614141313161818
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