Imperial Pier (North and South) surf break

Imperial Pier (North and South) surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 PDT
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Imperial Pier (North and South) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Imperial Pier (North and South) sea temperature is
17.8° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Imperial Pier (North and South) today?

The current surf forecast for Imperial Pier (North and South) at 9PM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s

Table - waves today at Imperial Pier (North and South). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161618181818181718161616161616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)268322444455607541449309276477587587595532447441436430512506480348339334
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassglassonononononcross-
on
onglassoncross-
on
ononcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:35AM
1.15
7:23PM
1.00
5:12AM
1.20
7:24PM
1.10
6:12AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.16
11:26PM
0.88
12:32PM
0.08
12:25AM
0.71
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:22-
Sunset-7:13-------7:14-------7:15------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------1-------111
Temp. °C201918181818182020191818171616181918171717171718
Feels °C (?)191818181819191918171718171516171615161615141414
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