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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 17 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
16.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 9PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)121212121218181716161515141413131313131212151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146144103101711021011351301832181592062501761731711681661121057171104
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
0
N
5
NNW
0
NNE
0
SW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
S
0
ESE
0
SSW
5
ESE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crossglassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
1.13
8:16AM
1.89
9:50PM
1.17
8:49AM
1.89
10:18PM
1.21
9:22AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16PM
-0.29
2:21AM
0.61
3:45PM
-0.31
2:55AM
0.57
4:14PM
-0.30
3:32AM
0.54
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset-5:07-------5:07-------5:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232323232221212122222020201918191918171818181820
Feels °C (?)191819191817171717171717181616171616161717171617
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