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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 Monday 23 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Indicators today?
The current surf forecast for Indicators at 1AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Mar) | 3ft (0.9m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (24 Mar) | 2ft (0.6m) | 18s |
| Evening (24 Mar) | 2ft (0.6m) | 18s |
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 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 272 | 316 | 248 | 523 | 460 | 182 | 185 | 154 | 212 | 209 | 207 | 273 | 204 | 197 | 179 | 175 | 286 | 171 | 402 | 684 | 903 | 1019 | 980 | 810 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | glass | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:50PM 1.08 | 2:18AM 1.70 | 5:43PM 1.09 | 3:20AM 1.65 | 7:21PM 1.16 | 4:35AM 1.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:36PM 0.88 | 9:35AM -0.09 | 8:48PM 1.00 | 10:56AM -0.07 | 10:52PM 1.03 | |||||||||||||||||||
Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
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