Cayucos Pier surf break

Cayucos Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
14.5° 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 10AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (16 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NW
0.6
SSW
1.7
WNW
0.6
SSW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)714714779910101010101010161515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)309138282163299400691627638443436394327320283250234172169167218215215213
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
NNE
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
1.34
10:10PM
1.69
11:04AM
1.27
10:42PM
1.77
11:56AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
-0.10
3:59PM
0.16
4:50AM
-0.24
4:30PM
0.27
5:36AM
-0.33
5:02PM
0.38
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:30-------6:28-------6:26-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:37-------7:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131112171819171612111219201914141414152019191514
Feels °C (?)11810151314131287815151512121111121816171413
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