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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 10 am Tuesday 24 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
13.5° 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 1PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 18s |
| 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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| 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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 154 | 154 | 209 | 209 | 207 | 273 | 204 | 197 | 179 | 175 | 286 | 171 | 337 | 574 | 830 | 1596 | 849 | 794 | 1359 | 1422 | 1259 | 480 | 427 | 427 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | glass | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:43PM 1.09 | 3:20AM 1.65 | 7:21PM 1.16 | 4:35AM 1.58 | 8:14PM 1.24 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:35AM -0.09 | 8:48PM 1.00 | 10:56AM -0.07 | 10:52PM 1.03 | 12:16PM -0.08 | 12:30AM 0.93 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Fri 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
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