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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 10 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
16.8° 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 2PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131313131320201818181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1091071061066866605842424343435980129174251318476437416411411
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
W
10
NW
10
NNE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscrossoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
0.85
3:28AM
1.44
5:13PM
0.80
4:20AM
1.49
6:57PM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
0.52
8:30PM
0.55
11:28AM
0.37
9:26PM
0.69
12:29PM
0.20
10:35PM
0.77
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---5:00-------5:00-------5:01----
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)
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Temp. °C131519191716161615162019191817171718202020191818
Feels °C (?)8913141110111110121614151413121314161516151414
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