Imperial Pier (North and South) surf break

Imperial Pier (North and South) surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 01 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
17.8° C
(Which is 2.3°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 9AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1414141313131313131313151566677788112019
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64646463626161618484606867112143143135147164196167245198270
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
10
W
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
5
S
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
1.45
9:46PM
1.63
10:10AM
1.34
10:10PM
1.64
10:47AM
1.22
10:33PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.01
3:31PM
0.05
4:06AM
-0.05
3:53PM
0.17
4:41AM
-0.07
4:14PM
0.30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--6:37-------6:35-------6:33-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:08-------7:08--
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C181818191918171716161616171716161616161922191718
Feels °C (?)171818171615161614141414141414141515151720171618
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