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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 24 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach at 10AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)91011111010121210861515151410101910101091018
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6090143143138104174132106462834343353545059484746434480
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
5
N
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.55
6:37PM
0.80
3:02AM
1.55
6:48PM
0.95
4:32AM
1.62
7:15PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
0.12
6:58PM
0.80
11:38AM
-0.05
10:23PM
0.84
12:37PM
-0.22
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:22-------6:20-------6:20-----
Sunset-----5:40-------5:42-------5:43--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181617181918171717171718181717171717181919191819
Feels °C (?)161416151716151616161717161616171717181817171718
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