Pacific Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports (CAL (2024)

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(San Diego County, USA)

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Pacific Beach Pier Surf Guide

Pacific Beach Pier in San Diego County is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Ideal winds are from the east northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west southwest. Waves at the beach tend to peel to the left. Good surf at all stages of the tide. A popular wave that can get growded. Beware of pier, rocks, rips.

Pacific Beach Pier Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Beach	2.8
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
fairly consistent	17.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Pacific Beach Pier:

The best conditions reported for surf at Pacific Beach Pier occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-northeast.

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

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Pacific Beach Pier with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winterand most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 57% of the time in January while 38% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 5% of the time it is considered too small by mostsurfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

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

Explore Pacific Beach Pier Location Map

Interactive Pacific 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 Pacific Beach Pier is San Diego International Lindbergh Fld Airport (SAN) in USA, 10 km (6 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Pacific Beach Pier is North Island Nas (San Diego) Airport (NZY), also in USA, 12 km (7 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Pacific Beach Pier Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

12 Day Forecast

Todays Surf SummaryTuesday, 4 June 2024, 23:24 Local Time m, °C Wednesday 05ft, °F 2AM5AM8AM11AM Wave (m) 0.8SW 0.8SW 0.8SW 0.8SW Period (s) 16 16 15 15 Wind (km/h) 10 10 10 10 Wind State cross-on cross-on cross-on on

Tides at Pacific Beach Pier Current tide and informaton For Crown Point, Mission Bay, California, 3 km from Pacific Beach Pier.Next High Water: 09:48am | 1.17mNext Low Water: 03:42am | -0.39mNEXTIS AT (local time)remaininghigh tidelow tide

Pacific Beach Pier Sea Temperature

The water temperature (17.3 °C) at Pacific Beach Pier is relatively warm. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a summer wetsuit. Effective air temperature of 17.0 °C.Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.Current Temp*: 17.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellitewater-tempView Sea Temp Map