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Imperial Beach Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Imperial Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 23 Aug 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Imperial Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Imperial Beach at 4PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (23 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
| Evening (23 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Imperial 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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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 386 | 505 | 376 | 374 | 398 | 378 | 420 | 505 | 487 | 410 | 415 | 424 | 500 | 512 | 494 | 566 | 484 | 483 | 515 | 550 | 602 | 527 | 518 | 508 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:24AM 1.45 | 9:59PM 1.83 | 10:51AM 1.49 | 10:35PM 1.70 | 11:18AM 1.51 | 11:10PM 1.54 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:52PM 0.41 | 4:36AM -0.06 | 4:30PM 0.38 | 5:00AM 0.07 | 5:08PM 0.38 | |||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tue 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 24 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County
The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Imperial Beach (light winds from the WSW at BUOY-TIXC1 1 km from Imperial Beach). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 2s local chop from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 31 min ago
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