Imperial Pier (North and South) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 19 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
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 12PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)151414131313131312121514141313121216161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)435341308299236232229215157108110346297286277248240269266329288301529521
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
WSW
5
SW
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
0
S
5
S
0
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
ononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
1.79
10:21PM
1.17
9:24AM
1.75
10:51PM
1.21
9:58AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
0.58
3:58PM
-0.28
3:15AM
0.55
4:27PM
-0.24
3:55AM
0.53
4:55PM
-0.16
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:08-------5:09--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818202120191818181819212018171817161819181717
Feels °C (?)171616171818181717161616181817171716151717171617
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