Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach today (30 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach at 6AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (30 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (30 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sat night, min 21°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Sat 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | S 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 644 | 636 | 612 | 581 | 485 | 479 | 418 | 407 | 401 | 419 | 341 | 357 | 301 | 190 | 198 | 180 | 180 | 140 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 10:30PM1.69m | 11:04AM1.66m | 11:09PM1.52m | 11:33AM1.71m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:07AM0.10m | 5:29PM0.28m | 5:31AM0.24m | 6:17PM0.27m | ||||||||||||||
 | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Feels °C | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WNW 7 | S 12 | S 12 | SW 13 | S 11 |
| kJ | 644 | 636 | 612 | 581 | 485 | 118 | 118 | 121 | 401 | 419 | 109 | 106 | 106 | 79 | 187 | 180 | 180 | 116 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | WNW 8 | W 7 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | S 12 | WNW 7 | W 6 | W 6 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 44 | 70 | 92 | 106 | 138 | 479 | 418 | 407 | 99 | 112 | 341 | 357 | 301 | 190 | 60 | 39 | 36 | 140 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | SSW 8 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SW 21 | S 12 | S 13 | S 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | S 11 | WSW 19 |
| kJ | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 44 | 44 | 17 | 74 | 85 | 160 | 189 | 198 | 176 | 118 | 36 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 224 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 634 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County | ||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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