Imperial Pier (North and South) Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.58° N 117.13° W

Imperial Pier (North and South) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Imperial Pier (North and South) sea temperature is
22.6°C
2.7° 

Imperial Pier (North and South) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Imperial Pier (North and South) today (29 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Imperial Pier (North and South) at 10PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Fri morning, min 21°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
314
251
302
248
245
242
291
344
335
313
206
192
200
198
195
192
189
216
219
219
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State
on
on
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:05AM1.16m
11:30AM1.81m
1:20AM1.00m
12:17PM1.72m
Low Tide
5:52PM0.03m
4:57AM0.63m
6:54PM0.09m
5:23AM0.78m
8:14PM0.15m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
23
23
23
23
22
21
21
23
24
23
22
22
22
21
22
24
26
25
24
24
Feels °C
21
23
25
24
23
23
22
24
23
23
24
24
24
22
23
24
25
25
25
25
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