Imperial Pier (North and South) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 PST
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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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)121212121218171616161615141414141818181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3342712542371761582172662663468398369311014109497112043066382042034105390638333522
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SE
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SW
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
1.62
11:15PM
1.41
10:57AM
1.39
11:48PM
1.39
11:39AM
1.15
12:23AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.32
4:50PM
-0.12
5:01AM
0.34
5:15PM
0.06
5:52AM
0.39
5:38PM
0.26
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise6:41-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset---5:23-------5:23-------5:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222629292624232120232220201918181718191816161616
Feels °C (?)182124232120191716191918191616171516161615151615
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