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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 09 Jan 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
16.9° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 8AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)99981016161615151514141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40425118111290848312216516115510710611868664142424343434359
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NW
10
NW
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrossoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
1.37
1:17PM
1.05
2:36AM
1.40
2:54PM
0.85
3:28AM
1.44
5:13PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
0.61
7:48PM
0.37
9:56AM
0.52
8:30PM
0.55
11:28AM
0.37
9:26PM
0.69
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----5:00-------5:00-------5:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141312131616161414141415202018161616161721212019
Feels °C (?)121088121110899910141412111111111316171615
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