San Clemente Pier surf break

San Clemente Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 05 Mar 2026 PST
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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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.6
WNW
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
S
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)11116688111111111212121212121111111311111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)338332192151160149291247202160169139147137101986670615438372929
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNE
10
E
10
NE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:06PM
1.51
10:22AM
1.22
10:31PM
1.47
11:02AM
1.03
10:55PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
0.06
4:29AM
0.12
4:13PM
0.22
5:11AM
0.16
4:29PM
0.38
6:00AM
0.24
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise------6:11-------6:11-------6:09-
Sunset-5:50-------5:51-------5:51------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182018181817172019191818181718212323212019191924
Feels °C (?)151514141413121715161514141210131717141413131319
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