Indicators Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me get a read on this. First off, straight up: there’s no 'good' surf to get excited about in this entire 16-day window for Indicators. The finder file is basically a long run of 'poor surf conditions' with a few 'marginal' spots that are still nothing to write home about. We’re looking at a stretch that starts now and runs all the way through to the end of August with next to no quality options. Let me break it down for you.

Indicators is a point break, advanced only, and it’s fairly consistent when the right swell hits, but the problem here is the swell and the wind just aren’t lining up for clean waves. The guidance file tells us this spot wants the swell from the WNW – that's the optimum direction – and it needs offshore winds from the ENE. Looking at the forecast, we do get some WNW swell, but the wind is always cross or cross-on from the SW or WSW. That’s the kiss of death for clean lines here. So what we’ve got is frustrated energy and chopped-up faces.

The water temperature on Monday the 10th is sitting at 60°, with an anomaly of 2°, so it’s a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – not a game-changer, but at least it’s not freezing.

Kicking off from Monday 10th August through to Thursday 13th August, we have small WNW swell, 3 ft to 4 ft, period around 9 seconds. The combined wave energy is moderate, ranging from 258 to 454. But every session is marked 'poor'. The wind is light but always cross-on or onshore, so expect small, bumpy, closeout mush.

Thursday 13th afternoon shows a shift: the swell drops to 2 ft but the period jumps to 16 seconds – that’s proper groundswell. The direction swings to SSW. The combined energy is still moderate at 372. But the wind is onshore from 9 mph WSW. For a point break, that long-period SSW swell could wrap in, but with onshore wind it’ll be bumpy and gutless. Still 'poor'.

From Friday 14th August through to Monday 24th August, the swell stays small, mostly SSW, with periods from 14 to 19 seconds – plenty of long-period energy, but the heights are 2 ft to 4 ft. Wave energy is moderate to strong, peaking at 660 on Sunday 16th morning. That’s a notable bump in energy. Winds are mostly light, but they are either cross-on or onshore. The forecast calls these 'marginal' at best – basically, if you’re a longboarder with no standards and you just want to bob around, maybe you can find a crumbly waist-high wave. But for any real surfing? Nah.

Then from Tuesday 25th August onward, it peters out completely. Swells drop to 2 ft – 2 ft, energy dips below 300, wind stays messy. The last two weeks of August are a dead zone.

So, to sum it up: there are no standouts here. Not one session gets a score that says "go." If you’re desperate, the best of a bad lot might be Saturday 15th or Sunday 16th August, where you have a 3 ft to 4 ft SSW groundswell with 16-second period and very light southwest wind (3 mph) in the morning. That’s your only window for something semi-rideable, but it’s still 'marginal'. The crowds at Indicators are listed as 'often', so you’d likely be paddling out with others for mediocre waves.

Honestly? This run is just a flat, windy dud. With that long-period SSW swell and consistent onshore/cross wind, the setup might actually look more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing – there’s energy, just no clean face for a board. For a surfer, it’s a chalk-off.

That’s the truth of it from where I’m sitting.

Rusty.

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