Imperial Beach surf break

Imperial Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 PST
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Imperial Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Imperial Beach sea temperature is
15.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Imperial Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Imperial Beach at 10AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (23 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

Table - waves today at Imperial Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)12121211101010101011111111121212121161111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3723246886821021281911501911911942362321831061535658598582135
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
1.51
2:16PM
0.73
1:34AM
1.48
3:08AM
1.48
6:48PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
0.22
5:49PM
0.62
9:57AM
0.12
11:25AM
-0.05
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--6:22-------6:22-------6:20-----
Sunset-----5:39-------5:40-------5:42--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151517192021191918171719212018181717172021211919
Feels °C (?)121315161717161615141517181716171617171920191818
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