Ocean Beach Pier Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Ocean Beach Pier is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with glassy / no wind from the NW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | W |
| Best wind | glassy / no wind from the NW |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-30 10:56 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 5.2 ft |
| Dominant period | 15s |
| Swell direction | SSW (197°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46258 (14 mi away) |
| Wind | 4 kt from the NE — NDBC LJPC1 (8 mi away) |
Ocean Beach Pier 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Ocean Beach Pier from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 30 | 5 ft | 14s SSW | 9 kt WNW |
| Fri Jul 31 | 4–5 ft | 14s SSW | 8 kt WNW |
| Sat Aug 1 | 4 ft | 13s SW | 7 kt WSW |
| Sun Aug 2 | 4 ft | 15s SW | 8 kt SW |
| Mon Aug 3 | 3–4 ft | 15s SW | 8 kt SW |
| Tue Aug 4 | 3 ft | 15s WSW | 8 kt SW |
| Wed Aug 5 | 3 ft | 14s SW | 8 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9410170 (SAN DIEGO (Broadway)), the nearest tide station (5 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:35 — High 4.847 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:21 — Low 0.365 ft
- 2026-06-06 15:30 — High 3.796 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:04 — Low 3.028 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:36 — High 4.374 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:08 — Low 0.628 ft
Frequently asked
Is Ocean Beach Pier good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-30 10:56 UTC), Ocean Beach Pier is marginal: the live 4–6 ft medium-period swell from the S is off its ideal W direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is light from the NE.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Ocean Beach Pier come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 46258) and the nearest NOAA tide station (SAN DIEGO (Broadway)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Ocean Beach Pier?
Ocean Beach Pier is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with glassy / no wind from the NW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Ocean Beach Pier is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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