Avila Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT
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Avila Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Avila Beach sea temperature is
15.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Avila Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Avila Beach at 10PM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)19s

Table - waves today at Avila Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)112019191918181818171716161616161515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)576619593568637564630598563531476502498437422493466391461450411378367370
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SW
5
N
5
NNW
0
NW
0
NNE
0
NNE
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
0
SE
5
W
15
NW
5
WSW
5
E
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
0.75
7:28AM
0.30
5:47PM
0.76
8:16AM
0.37
6:51PM
0.77
8:56AM
0.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
-0.95
11:51AM
0.00
1:19AM
-1.00
1:02PM
-0.06
2:08AM
-1.01
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise------6:46-------6:47-------6:47-
Sunset-7:09-------7:07-------7:07------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------3
Temp. °C212017191919202523222121202019212119181818181617
Feels °C (?)212118191919202421212120202019212019191817181717
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Avila Beach (calm at BUOY-CPXC1 1 km from Avila Beach). 1.3m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 10s swell, also from the WNW and a 0.4m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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Actual: 55 min ago

4 km/h
ESE
Clean
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