Oceanside Pier surf break

Oceanside Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 PDT
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Oceanside Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oceanside Pier sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Oceanside Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Oceanside Pier at 5AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)191918181818181716161616161616151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)192188159227516395395297264254254326326326318161212209272209209206146132
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
NNE
5
S
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:41AM
2.13
4:23PM
1.44
1:59AM
1.97
5:37PM
1.56
3:35AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:00PM
1.25
8:45AM
0.31
7:33PM
1.36
10:04AM
0.36
9:51PM
1.34
11:12AM
0.38
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:11-------6:09-------6:09---
Sunset-------7:24-------7:24-------7:25
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716151617171616161514151718181717161616181717
Feels °C (?)151514141615131113151412121616161517161515161415
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