Seal Beach Pier surf break

Seal Beach Pier surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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Seal Beach Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Seal Beach Pier sea temperature is
19.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Seal Beach Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Seal Beach Pier at 11AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

Table - waves today at Seal Beach Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414141413131313141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2832092032032762762061441361361321301281841841001211121311291271178285
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
NNW
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononglassglassononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
1.78
7:50PM
2.15
8:59AM
1.86
8:31PM
2.14
9:22AM
1.93
9:09PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
0.22
1:53PM
0.94
2:36AM
0.25
2:32PM
0.80
3:05AM
0.31
3:08PM
0.69
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----6:54-------6:52-------6:52--
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
131-11------------------
Temp. °C212122242222212121202022232221212020202223222221
Feels °C (?)222124252223222323222223232221232222222323212322
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update calm at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport mean that is clean at Seal Beach Pier. 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 8s swell, also from the S and a 0.3m 5s windswell, also from the W as well as a 0.2m 11s groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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