Ocean Beach Pier surf break

Ocean Beach Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 12 Sep 2025 PDT
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Ocean Beach Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ocean Beach Pier sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ocean Beach Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Beach Pier at 7PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)--
Afternoon (12 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (12 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

Table - waves today at Ocean Beach Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515161616161616131414141414141414141421211420
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171209215236245125124125124176221187195164167164153149147149153175160218
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
glassglassglassononononglassonglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
1.77
2:45AM
0.96
1:48PM
1.68
5:44AM
0.97
3:20PM
1.61
7:08AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
0.20
6:37AM
0.79
10:00PM
0.20
7:46AM
0.96
11:38PM
0.11
10:39AM
0.99
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Sunrise------6:31-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-6:59-------6:58-------6:57------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919191919191919191919191919192020191919191920
Feels °C (?)191920202020201818192020202121192020202021212120
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 6 km away suggest it is still onshore at Ocean Beach Pier (light winds from the WSW at North Island Naval Air Station Airport). 0.8m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.5m 10s swell, also from the WSW and a 0.3m 13s groundswell, also from the SW as well as a 0.2m 15s groundswell, also from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km/h
WSW
Onshore
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