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 Tuesday 03 Mar 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)77778881818181888889910911119911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12512710310013410785104104104102131115118149388564644544572485193227447
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
1.72
9:28PM
1.50
9:23AM
1.59
9:55PM
1.53
9:59AM
1.42
10:21PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
-0.23
3:20AM
0.11
3:38PM
-0.09
3:58AM
0.10
4:01PM
0.06
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise6:13-------6:11-------6:11-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:47-------5:47----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141618181616161615171817171615151516181817171717
Feels °C (?)141516171516151615161716171614141415161515161615
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