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 Saturday 29 Nov 2025 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
16.6° C
(Which is 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 1PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (29 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (29 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)151515151414141616151514141313131312121212222120
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)871238210911611378302371392456443497475461461345313308303298335424769
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
10
W
10
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrossglassglassoncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38AM
1.41
4:21PM
1.16
5:09AM
1.59
5:32PM
1.16
5:42AM
1.78
6:35PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.60
10:27PM
0.29
11:45AM
0.31
11:09PM
0.35
12:34PM
0.03
11:49PM
0.42
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
Sunrise6:30-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset---4:42-------4:42-------4:42----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151718181716161615171817161616151517181716161615
Feels °C (?)141516181716161615161716161616151517171616151615
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