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Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach at 12PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 233 | 264 | 264 | 261 | 243 | 145 | 145 | 141 | 143 | 141 | 222 | 109 | 109 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 138 | 84 | 92 | 85 | 55 | 53 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:30AM 1.47 | 7:49PM 1.84 | 8:54AM 1.55 | 8:30PM 1.83 | 9:17AM 1.62 | 9:06PM 1.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:09PM 0.54 | 2:52AM -0.11 | 2:48PM 0.40 | 3:20AM -0.05 | 3:24PM 0.30 | 3:45AM 0.05 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 6:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:47 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County
Continuing clean conditions at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach (calm at BUOY-LJAC1 8 km from Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach). 0.7m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 6s windswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 9s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 56 min ago
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