San Clemente Pier surf break

San Clemente Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
18.7° C
(Which is 3.6°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 2AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)20s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)20s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)667788202020191919181818181716161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75691041241119374122194273358354416509404395481534630526623607577470
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
0
N
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
N
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
5
NNW
10
SE
10
SE
10
ENE
5
NW
5
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
NNW
0
WSW
0
SSE
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55PM
1.62
10:32AM
1.21
10:18PM
1.60
11:11AM
1.08
10:39PM
1.55
11:54AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
-0.06
4:06PM
0.29
5:09AM
-0.05
4:25PM
0.42
5:47AM
0.01
4:41PM
0.53
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:35-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:12-------7:12-------7:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515151620212223201919192221211918181819202120
Feels °C (?)141515141619181920181716172018191818181718181818
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