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 07 Jan 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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (08 Jan)7ft (2.2m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
!
!
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.8
WNW
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
2.3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)11116889999999161616161616151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2381338025340775512631119844692554388302295291575441424326318242239183163
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
25
W
30
WNW
25
NW
15
WNW
5
NNE
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
5
NE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
1.30
12:13PM
1.26
1:46AM
1.32
1:18PM
1.01
2:38AM
1.35
2:54PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
-0.03
6:31AM
0.62
6:48PM
0.17
7:53AM
0.62
7:23PM
0.37
9:36AM
0.55
Wed
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset-------4:59-------5:00-------5:00
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C161515161515161615151414131417171514131313152021
Feels °C (?)14131315131010101214121091013121110988101617
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