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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 26 Feb 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 1.1°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 10PM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)--
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)10910181818181716161616161616161515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464344808010910958105151149103102100166212201196123123144121138134
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
0
NNW
10
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassonglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
1.09
5:41AM
1.74
7:41PM
1.22
6:36AM
1.84
8:08PM
1.33
7:23AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
-0.22
11:52PM
0.72
1:22PM
-0.34
12:51AM
0.56
1:59PM
-0.40
1:38AM
0.39
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise------6:18-------6:18-------6:16-
Sunset-5:43-------5:44-------5:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181918192122232526242322222121222020181817171718
Feels °C (?)161717182021222323222221212021201820191917171718
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