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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 22 Feb 2026 PST
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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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.1°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 6PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)--
Afternoon (22 Feb)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (22 Feb)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)12121212121212111010101091011111010101210666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2423232323222340547392117609011011013894106132108515149
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrossoffcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:20PM
0.94
12:25AM
1.59
2:12PM
0.75
1:31AM
1.55
6:37PM
0.80
3:02AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
0.44
8:17AM
0.20
6:14PM
0.62
10:08AM
0.12
6:58PM
0.80
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise------6:24-------6:22-------6:20-
Sunset-5:39-------5:40-------5:40------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615161516171920201919181617181818171717161517
Feels °C (?)121212131214141616161516151315151515151616151517
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