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 02 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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.0°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 9PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)15146667788112019191818181817161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6766506980111132143151249202270267336413509304487539651526520513590
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
W
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
N
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassglassononononglassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10PM
1.64
10:47AM
1.22
10:33PM
1.62
11:26AM
1.09
10:54PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
0.17
4:41AM
-0.07
4:14PM
0.30
5:17AM
-0.05
4:33PM
0.43
5:55AM
0.01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:31-
Sunset-7:08-------7:08-------7:09------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716161616161923201918171818212120191818171820
Feels °C (?)151414141515151722171918171817202018191818171819
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