Avila Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(San Luis Obispo, USA)

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Avila Beach Surf Guide

Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo is a fairly exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf. Autumn and winter are the best times of year for waves. Ideal winds are from the north northeast with some shelter here from south winds. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Sometimes crowded.

Avila Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	13.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Avila Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Avila Beach occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the North-northeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Avila Beach Location Map

Interactive Avila Beach 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.

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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.

Avila Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Friday, 8 May 2026, 04:39 Local Time

m, °C	Friday 08
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	NW	NW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross

Tides at Avila Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Avila, California, 1 km from Avila Beach.

Next High Water: 06:15pm | 0.22m

Next Low Water: 09:51am | -0.74m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Avila Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.8 °C) at Avila Beach is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (18.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 13.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite