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 Sunday 01 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
15.8° 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 5AM is: 2.0m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)7ft (2.2m)16s
Afternoon (02 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (02 Feb)7ft (2.1m)15s

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

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Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
3
4
3
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.5
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)161918171716161616151515141414141313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7301639209224412499257325552491222419761680145912401075926769735623514398334329254237
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
0
SW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassoffglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:36PM
1.31
8:58AM
1.93
10:10PM
1.36
9:38AM
1.80
10:43PM
1.39
10:18AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
0.36
3:50PM
-0.42
3:32AM
0.32
4:21PM
-0.29
4:16AM
0.32
Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:41---
Sunset-------5:22-------5:22-------5:23
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918181819201918181817182124232322212121242727
Feels °C (?)191817171617181818181715161920192019191817202322
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