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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 31 Dec 2025 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.6°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 7PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm December 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Dec)--
Afternoon (31 Dec)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (31 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)131313121298888121212121212111818111811118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35343452505582127105103113106104103101706680806149393732
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
5
ENE
10
E
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
5
WNW
0
N
0
S
0
NW
5
NNE
5
E
5
E
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset-4:52-------4:52-------4:53------
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
123-1-1321--------------
Temp. °C171616171617171717171717171717181919191919191919
Feels °C (?)161616171516161515181818181817181918181617171817
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