Cayucos Pier surf break

Cayucos Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cayucos Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Cayucos Pier at 11PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)--
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)17s

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

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Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
SSW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)171616161616151515151515151514101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)355343339334330411380291287287291287212209154216272347354354283283248248
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
N
5
N
5
SW
5
SW
0
SSW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
off
onglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
1.63
9:09AM
1.28
8:04PM
1.69
9:35AM
1.37
8:51PM
1.71
9:59AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
-0.10
2:08PM
0.70
3:04AM
-0.12
2:53PM
0.55
3:37AM
-0.09
3:32PM
0.43
Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise----6:47-------6:48-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:07-------7:06-------7:05
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----11-1----------------
Temp. °C192020202023222017171616182118191819171718212220
Feels °C (?)202020202023222018171717182118201819171819212220
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cayucos Pier (calm at Cal Poly Engineering 28 km from Cayucos Pier). 0.9m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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