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Cayucos Pier surf break

Cayucos Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 PST
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Cayucos Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cayucos Pier sea temperature is
14.8° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cayucos Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Cayucos Pier at 11PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

Table - waves today at Cayucos Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
W
1
W
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121818161616151514141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)523523507405386304240236189186165227283354516447648631580539539458451458
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
1.03
8:44AM
1.74
10:40PM
1.06
9:17AM
1.77
11:05PM
1.10
9:50AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:37PM
-0.19
2:29AM
0.70
4:06PM
-0.23
3:04AM
0.66
4:34PM
-0.25
3:39AM
0.62
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:11-------7:09
Sunset-5:14-------5:15-------5:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222118161615151823221818171616182221181716151418
Feels °C (?)201916131312121521201615141213152019161413121115
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