Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.80° N 117.26° W

Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 25 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach sea temperature is
22.6°C
2.5° 

Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach today (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach at 4AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (26 Aug)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (26 Aug)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Fri morning, min 23°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
3
3
1
1
1
3
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
13
1.2
S
14
1.3
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.3
S
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.2
S
12
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1.1
S
10
1
S
10
1.1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
1
S
11
0.6
SW
14
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
440
529
591
573
505
494
486
390
358
281
255
204
361
193
238
130
170
160
Wind (km/h)
5
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
S
10
SW
20
SSW
5
SW
5
W
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
S
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:17PM1.85m
9:29AM1.36m
8:49PM1.89m
9:50AM1.44m
9:21PM1.87m
Low Tide
3:31AM-0.09m
3:01PM0.55m
3:55AM-0.10m
3:34PM0.45m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:21
7:20
 mm
Temp °C
24
24
24
23
23
24
24
25
24
23
23
23
23
25
25
25
24
24
Feels °C
27
26
27
25
25
25
24
27
26
24
24
24
25
27
25
26
26
26
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest