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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 PDT
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Pacific Beach Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pacific Beach Pier sea temperature is
20.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pacific Beach Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Pacific Beach Pier at 8PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)--
Afternoon (16 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (16 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161515151515151415151515141414141414141413131313131414141414131313131312181717171717171716161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)380353348410451513400324350385339332250260272327319275220212188156205210230233193190165158162165155153176176165134118149151114158153147142138144142139206290344331285265257247328327
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
15
NW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
SW
10
SW
5
E
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononcross-
on
onglassonononononononglassonononononcross-
on
onglassglassononononglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
1.50
2:06AM
1.16
3:14PM
1.60
3:46AM
0.97
4:10PM
1.70
5:48AM
0.91
5:10PM
1.80
7:28AM
0.98
6:10PM
1.91
8:32AM
1.09
7:06PM
2.01
9:17AM
1.18
7:58PM
2.09
9:56AM
1.25
8:46PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.58
8:35AM
0.33
10:30PM
0.45
9:24AM
0.51
12:00AM
0.25
10:29AM
0.66
1:12AM
0.02
11:45AM
0.75
2:08AM
-0.17
12:57PM
0.77
2:56AM
-0.32
1:58PM
0.73
3:40AM
-0.40
2:50PM
0.66
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Sunrise------5:52-------5:52-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:56-----
Sunset-7:57-------7:57-------7:55-------7:55-------7:54-------7:54-------7:53-------7:53--
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Rain (mm)
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pacific Beach Pier (light winds from the W at La Jolla- CA 8 km from Pacific Beach Pier). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the WNW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 57 min ago

8 km/h
W
Clean
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