Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 PDT
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Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach sea temperature is
23.2° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach at 4PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

Table - waves today at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)141111101014181818181817161616161617191918181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)356321316284264250296289256226248203252335245241243408502560438579596564
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
E
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
1.51
1:19AM
0.99
1:05PM
1.46
3:13AM
0.85
1:55PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
0.55
7:50PM
0.49
6:24AM
0.70
9:12PM
0.52
5:54AM
0.82
11:07PM
0.47
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:22-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:17-------7:15----
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-2----------------------
Temp. °C212225242222222223242323232222222324232322222222
Feels °C (?)232426242222242325252323242324242525232423232423
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 8 km away suggest it is still onshore at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach (light winds from the SW at La Jolla- CA). 0.9m 10s swell from the S with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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SW
Onshore
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