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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 pm Wednesday 04 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 3AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (05 Feb)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wed
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
2
2
4
3
4
4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
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
Period(s) (?)121817161616161514141414181818171616161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17615821726634134683983693110141094971120430473802418541564242385735223185258122802032
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
ESE
5
NW
0
SSW
5
NNE
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15PM
1.41
10:57AM
1.39
11:48PM
1.39
11:39AM
1.15
12:23AM
1.36
12:31PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
-0.12
5:01AM
0.34
5:15PM
0.06
5:52AM
0.39
5:38PM
0.26
6:53AM
0.44
Wed
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------5:23-------5:24-------5:25
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262422212220202019191716161818181716161616171818
Feels °C (?)212018181917161917181515151615151616161617171516
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