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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 8AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141413131313131313132020181818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)165741551071061066866604242434343435980129174251318476437416
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
WNW
15
NW
10
NNE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
1.40
2:54PM
0.85
3:28AM
1.44
5:13PM
0.80
4:20AM
1.49
6:57PM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
0.52
8:30PM
0.55
11:28AM
0.37
9:26PM
0.69
12:29PM
0.20
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----5:00-------5:00-------5:01--
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. °C151413151919171616161616211920181717171821202020
Feels °C (?)87791314111011111112171416141313121417151616
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