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Wikimedia Commons city photographs

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Campus photographs

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Day-trip photographs

Nearby destination photographs are dated views, not current conditions. Each source, creator, license, recorded capture date and resize notice is listed below.

Citywide facts

Citywide facts

These figures describe the city, independently of the listings in our directory. Source periods differ; they are not live totals.

  • 1956 · City incorporated

    Year of municipal incorporation.

    Historical source · Municipal history · Source checked 2026-09-13.
  • San Diego County · County

    County containing Imperial Beach.

    City government · Administrative geography · Source checked 2026-09-13.
  • California · State

    Imperial Beach is in California.

    City government · Administrative geography · Source checked 2026-09-13.
  • Pacific · Local time zone

    Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time as seasonally applicable.

    National Weather Service · Seasonal standard / daylight time · Source checked 2026-09-13.
City hero video

Imperial Beach Pier. Recorded footage, not a live camera. Edited into a silent looping background; a still frame is shown for reduced-motion or data-saving visitors.

Imperial Beach Pier · Benjamin Villasenor / Pexels · Free Pexels license.

Homepage photograph and motion

Homepage photograph and motion

Imperial Beach Pier at sunset, photographed in 2017. Photograph by Stephen Bay, via Wikimedia Commons, under CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized for responsive display with a gentle animated zoom. This is a photograph, not a live camera or filmed activity. The adaptation retains the source license.

Photography

Imperial Beach shoreline viewed from the pier, photographed in 2016 by Isai Ramos isai21. Original photograph and attribution, source status: CC0. Cropped for responsive display. The photographer does not endorse this guide.

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Business information

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Google ratings and reviews

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Automatic community data

AQI comes from AirNow’s reporting-area file, using the San Diego Coast reporting area. Regional conditions can differ from an individual street.

Beach advisories are published by San Diego County. This guide links to the official map rather than synchronizing advisory data.

Road information comes from the official state road service. Open the official county beach advisory map for current postings; beach advisory data is not synchronized here.Official road information. No endorsement by these agencies is implied.

Local information

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