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 am 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
15.9° 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 5PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)17s
Afternoon (01 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (01 Feb)5ft (1.5m)19s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
4
3
1
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.1
WNW
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
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)171616161619181717161616161515151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3944485296447301639209224412499257325552491222419761680145912401075926769642623514405
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
0
SW
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
10
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
1.99
9:36PM
1.31
8:58AM
1.93
10:10PM
1.36
9:38AM
1.80
10:43PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16PM
-0.50
2:48AM
0.36
3:50PM
-0.42
3:32AM
0.32
4:21PM
-0.29
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise6:43-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---5:21-------5:22-------5:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202121201918181817192019181818181821242222222021
Feels °C (?)171919191917171715171818171817161619201819191718
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