San Clemente Pier surf break

San Clemente Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 22 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
18.2° C
(Which is 3.2°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: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Evening (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)132121211320202019191919181818181818181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)118116159112846697134184251251181164155154252252249316246238219211208
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
0
NNW
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
ESE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
0
SSE
0
S
5
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SE
0
SE
5
NW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassglassglasscross-
off
onononglassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
1.01
11:49PM
1.66
1:33PM
0.83
12:39AM
1.56
3:50PM
0.76
1:56AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
0.42
7:18AM
-0.03
5:46PM
0.58
8:45AM
0.02
6:16PM
0.73
10:29AM
0.01
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise------6:50-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-7:02-------7:04-------7:04------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818171818182021211919191919222221192019202022
Feels °C (?)191819181818171920212019192020222121202120212022
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