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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 3 am Monday 01 Dec 2025 PSTForecast 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
14.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Indicators today?
The current surf forecast for Indicators at 10AM is: 0.7m 22s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Dec) | 4ft (1.2m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (01 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 20s |
| Evening (01 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at Indicators. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 550 | 531 | 370 | 444 | 569 | 938 | 1081 | 1394 | 1633 | 1761 | 2100 | 1956 | 1863 | 1817 | 2003 | 1978 | 1742 | 1486 | 1428 | 1597 | 1402 | 1240 | 966 | 646 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:38AM 1.73 | 8:10PM 1.15 | 7:16AM 1.87 | 9:21PM 1.24 | 7:56AM 1.98 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:56PM 0.50 | 1:28PM 0.00 | 12:47AM 0.65 | 2:14PM -0.24 | 1:36AM 0.78 | 3:00PM -0.42 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 01 | Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
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