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 Thursday 05 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 1.1°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 5PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (05 Feb)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
4
3
4
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.3
W
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
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)161616151414141418181817161616161515151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341346815836931101410949711204304738024203415642423882352231852581228020321830164012801049
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
S
0
ESE
5
NE
5
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
1.39
11:48PM
1.39
11:39AM
1.15
12:23AM
1.36
12:31PM
0.91
1:02AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
0.34
5:15PM
0.06
5:52AM
0.39
5:38PM
0.26
6:53AM
0.44
5:55PM
0.45
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:37-------
Sunset---5:23-------5:24-------5:25----
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020201918171616181818171616161617191817171818
Feels °C (?)181616181716161515171616161617161615161516161717
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