Cayucos Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(San Luis Obispo, USA)

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Cayucos Pier Surf Guide

Cayucos Pier in San Luis Obispo is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Spring and Summer provide the optimum conditions. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Best around high tide when the tide is rising. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Beware of rips and sharks.

Cayucos Pier Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar	3	fairly consistent	13.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Cayucos Pier:

The best conditions reported for surf at Cayucos Pier occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Cayucos Pier (for consistent clean waves)?

februaryBest Season: summer

The best time of year for surfing Cayucos Pier with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Summer and most often the month of February. Clean surfable waves are typically found 8% of the time in February while 16% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 76% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

16%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

76%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Cayucos Pier Location Map

Interactive Cayucos Pier 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. The closest passenger airport to Cayucos Pier is Vandenberg Afb (Lompoc) Airport (VBG) in USA, 86 km (53 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Cayucos Pier is Lemoore Nas Airport (NLC), also in USA, 131 km (81 miles) away.

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Cayucos Pier Surf Forecasts:

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16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 06:29 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 05
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on

What does Cayucos Pier look like?

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Tides at Cayucos Pier

Current tide and informaton

For Morro Beach, Estero Bay, California, 7 km from Cayucos Pier.

Next High Water: 02:38pm | 0.83m

Next Low Water: 07:33am | -0.02m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Cayucos Pier Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.7 °C) at Cayucos Pier 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 (16.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 13.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite