San Clemente Pier surf break

San Clemente Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.1° C
(Which is 3.0°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 11PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)--
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)161616151515151566677888820201919191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)868684767473737386130881451351691538084130194273358354416509
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
0
SW
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
15
W
15
W
10
NW
10
S
5
E
5
NNE
5
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31PM
1.61
9:55AM
1.33
9:55PM
1.62
10:32AM
1.21
10:18PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23PM
0.05
3:58AM
-0.05
3:45PM
0.17
4:33AM
-0.06
4:06PM
0.29
5:09AM
-0.05
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise------6:37-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset-7:09-------7:10-------7:12------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181817161615151617171615151516192021201818191921
Feels °C (?)161616151514141515151516141416181718171717181819
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our San Clemente Pier surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest