Imperial Pier (North and South) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 13 Mar 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Imperial Pier (North and South) today?

The current surf forecast for Imperial Pier (North and South) at 2AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (14 Mar)2ft (0.6m)22s
Evening (14 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)161514141422222214142020202020191819181818181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242305201204200227308263200192349495609441437428330391666603596705697665
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22PM
1.03
6:54AM
1.42
8:31PM
1.12
7:34AM
1.52
8:46PM
1.22
8:10AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
0.74
2:00PM
-0.09
1:30AM
0.59
2:26PM
-0.15
2:06AM
0.43
2:51PM
-0.19
Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise----7:00-------6:58-------6:56---
Sunset-------6:54-------6:55-------6:55
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232019191820201917171616161921201818171718222423
Feels °C (?)232019191719181716171616161820191818171717202222
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