Oceanside Pier surf break

Oceanside Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 10PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)171716161616151515141414141313131313131818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15415720119319113713012312112011811393908989878684106102146129253
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
ESE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
W
0
NW
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
1.30
5:05AM
1.95
7:39PM
1.38
5:48AM
2.03
8:12PM
1.44
6:28AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
0.66
10:14PM
1.20
12:50PM
0.51
11:17PM
1.23
1:25PM
0.38
12:08AM
1.21
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-5:01-------5:02-------5:04------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212020191818181921201919191818202321182020202021
Feels °C (?)171617161413131616161616161616171917171818171718
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