San Clemente Pier surf break

San Clemente Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 30 Aug 2025 PDT
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San Clemente Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Clemente Pier sea temperature is
23.0° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at San Clemente Pier today?

The current surf forecast for San Clemente Pier at 7AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (30 Aug)3ft (0.9m)19s
Evening (30 Aug)3ft (0.9m)18s

Table - waves today at San Clemente Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161919181818181717161616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)276235234404666663529551768742637610564719725722721681529488574462435437
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
0.82
1:33PM
1.34
3:15PM
1.31
8:44AM
1.01
4:56PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
0.79
10:42PM
0.47
12:12AM
0.34
9:53AM
1.01
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Sunrise--6:22-------6:22-------6:24-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:16-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222324262525232323222326272624242424242727262325
Feels °C (?)232425262524242424232426262525252525252726262426
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at San Clemente Pier (calm at Irvine 34 km from San Clemente Pier). 0.4m 8s swell from the S with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the W and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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WSW
0.0
23.0
Air / Water (°C)
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