← All spotsNewport Pier
Newport Beach · beach break
Photo: SkiEngineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
BeginnerIntermediate
Consistent beach break peaks near the pier, popular with longboarders.
Waist-high, clean, well-organized — worth the drive for intermediates.
🌅 Best window today: 1:00-3:00 PM — light wind, ~10 mph
📈 Building toward the biggest swell tonight (~5-7 ft), up from today's ~4-6 ft.
⚠ Active advisories
Small Craft Advisory: Small Craft Advisory issued September 28 at 10:04AM PDT until September 29 at 12:00AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Live camera
Feed: Blackie's By The Sea, live surf cam
Swell
3.9 ft
@ 13s · 73.2°F water
Buoy: San Pedro South, CA (213)
Tide
- Low 4:11 AM (1.1 ft)
- High 10:17 AM (5.9 ft)
- Low 5:09 PM (0.0 ft)
- High 11:10 PM (4.2 ft)
Station: Balboa Pier, Newport Beach
Weather
69°F
Mostly Sunny
Wind 0 to 10 mph W
News
No recent news for this spot.
Lineup chat
Live conversation with everyone watching Newport Pier right now.
Loading chat…
Sign in to join the conversation.
Reports & photos
Sign in up top to post a report, photo, or video.
Loading posts…