Avila Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 31 Jul 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
14.3° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Avila Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Avila Beach at 5AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (01 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (01 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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Thu
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.9
NW
1.4
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.6
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.7
WNW
2.4
NW
1.5
WNW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
0.6
SSW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)77816167161678877157778887778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)274735374375336590350376569138654977370938462983010191773131310699365439561210
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
5
NW
0
NNW
0
NW
0
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
E
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
15
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
-0.01
4:39PM
0.54
7:29AM
-0.00
5:21PM
0.62
9:02AM
0.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
-0.36
9:24AM
-0.15
12:32AM
-0.52
9:58AM
-0.03
1:25AM
-0.69
10:44AM
0.05
Thu
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Sunrise----6:11-------6:11-------6:13---
Sunset8:07-------8:06-------8:05-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131213131518181714131515172120191616161619222120
Feels °C (?)111213131517161513131513161917151416151417181615
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind reported 1 km from Avila Beach (light winds from the E at BUOY-CPXC1 1 km from Avila Beach). 2.1m 7s swell from the NW with a 0.5m 7s swell from the WNW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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