Seal Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Orange County, USA)

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Seal Beach Pier Surf Guide

Seal Beach Pier in Orange County is a sheltered beach break that has reasonably consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for locals, pollution, rips.

Seal Beach Pier Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Breakwater	1	fairly consistent	16.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Seal Beach Pier:

The best conditions reported for surf at Seal Beach Pier occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Seal Beach Pier (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Seal Beach Pier with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 0% of the time in January while 3% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 97% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

97%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Seal Beach Pier Location Map

Interactive Seal Beach Pier surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Seal Beach Pier is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 12 km (7 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Seal Beach Pier is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA, 21 km (13 miles) away.

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Seal Beach Pier Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 09:16 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Wave (m)	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on

What does Seal Beach Pier look like?

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Credit: Rick Carlson

Tides at Seal Beach Pier

Current tide and informaton

For Seal Beach, 3 km from Seal Beach Pier.

Next High Water: 03:35pm | 1.36m

Next Low Water: 04:55pm | 1.35m

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Seal Beach Pier Sea Temperature

The water temperature (16.2 °C) at Seal Beach Pier is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (16.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 16.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

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Swell History at Seal Beach Pier

Surf stats for Seal Beach Pier, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

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Wind History at Seal Beach Pier

Wind stats for Seal Beach Pier, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

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Seal Beach Pier Reviews:

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Ratings

Based on 4 votes.

Overall:1.0
Quality on a good day:2.5
Consistency of Surf:2.2
Difficulty Level:2.2
Wind and Kite Surfing:2.5
Crowds:2.3
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Review

Impartial reviews submitted by Surf-Forecast users.

dugan nash from United States

“Filthy water, very seldom any real waves. And there's a surf school there everyday to crowd you out. Total kook factory. Don't surf here.”

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