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San Clemente Pier surf break

San Clemente Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 6PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)161615141414141313131414141313131212121212121218
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19832429627626125820421221211925325723917317116315110810610371706967
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SE
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
NW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NE
0
S
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
1.62
8:22PM
1.00
6:56AM
1.68
8:46PM
1.04
7:30AM
1.74
9:11PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
-0.14
12:40AM
0.70
2:23PM
-0.20
1:18AM
0.65
2:52PM
-0.25
1:54AM
0.60
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---5:05-------5:06-------5:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222202020191919202121212121202122232323232322
Feels °C (?)192020181919181718181918181818171819202019202018
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