San Clemente Pier surf break

San Clemente Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 2026 PDT
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San Clemente Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Clemente Pier sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at San Clemente Pier today?

The current surf forecast for San Clemente Pier at 8PM is: 0.6m 21s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)22s
Evening (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)21s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)222221212121202020191919191818181817171717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148236332332445428505490485502593580568533418408390386499499482333329333
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
S
0
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
W
5
NE
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
1.17
4:33AM
1.18
8:12PM
0.95
5:50AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.24
12:51PM
0.12
11:50PM
0.84
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise------7:05-------7:05-------7:03-
Sunset-6:53-------6:54-------6:54------
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. °C171615141414141821211920212122262927242424232425
Feels °C (?)161515151414141719181719201920232523212222222223
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