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 am Wednesday 08 Apr 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
17.9° C
(Which is 2.2°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: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.4
WNW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131316161616168161616181818181817181616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)166166161161208208208208204211268322444455607541449309276477587587595532
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononononcross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.21
3:35AM
1.15
7:23PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
0.25
10:42AM
0.23
11:50AM
0.16
11:26PM
0.88
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:28-------6:26-------6:24-------
Sunset---7:13-------7:13-------7:14----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C161920201918171717192019191818171819201918181716
Feels °C (?)161919181918171717191817191718171918181617171614
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