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Cayucos Pier surf break

Cayucos Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 26 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
14.7° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 1AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Mon
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)161615151515141414131313131111111112141313131616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1271251151441421421389750464467127213376426652699165714961452131928652830
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		glassoffglassonglassglassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
0.77
4:32AM
1.55
7:30PM
0.85
5:41AM
1.66
8:25PM
0.96
6:43AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
0.66
12:33PM
0.03
10:46PM
0.75
1:32PM
-0.17
12:14AM
0.74
2:20PM
-0.34
Mon
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:05-------7:05--
Sunset-------5:25-------5:27-------5:28
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151413131215161513131212111518181513121110141819
Feels °C (?)131210119131314121210108121516131088691416
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