Indicators surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 06 Mar 2026 PST
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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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Indicators today?

The current surf forecast for Indicators at 12PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (06 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
4
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
NW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111111101010101010101099101099131212121210
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9547597921430581520500464402346269136151103192188180176246220203436491284
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
0
NNE
10
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
SW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
glassoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
1.18
12:17AM
1.48
1:13PM
1.06
12:42AM
1.48
2:23PM
0.97
1:14AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:03AM
0.21
5:49PM
0.46
6:46AM
0.22
6:14PM
0.66
7:34AM
0.24
6:30PM
0.83
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise6:31-------6:31-------6:28-------
Sunset---6:06-------6:07-------6:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101416191614131211162021171515141417202017151413
Feels °C (?)711131513111097131818151312121215181817141312
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