San Clemente Pier Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.42° N 117.63° W)

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San Clemente Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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 20.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at San Clemente Pier today?

The current surf forecast for San Clemente Pier at 1AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

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	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	380	367	357	272	264	264	350	346	272	207	184	184	179	173	173	239	239	188	123	112	82	170	170	161
Wind (km/h)	NE	N	N	NNW	NNW	S	WSW	W	NW	WNW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	W	W	NW	WSW	WSW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:51PM 1.73					8:12AM 1.40			7:36PM 1.76					8:37AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.75				9:01AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			1:55AM -0.09				1:43PM 0.52					2:27AM -0.08				2:21PM 0.40				2:54AM -0.02				2:57PM 0.30

	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	22	22	23	25	24	23	22	22	21	21	22	23	23	22	21	21	20	21	21	23	23	22
Feels °C (?)	22	23	22	23	26	27	25	24	24	24	23	23	25	24	23	22	22	24	22	24	23	24	23	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at San Clemente Pier (calm at Coeur d Alene 29 km from San Clemente Pier). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 4s local chop from the WNW and a 0.4m 7s swell from the SW as well as a 0.2m 10s swell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 56 minutes ago San Clemente Pier

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29 km away, 1 h 56 min ago

2 km/h

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20.8

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