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Cayucos Pier surf break

Cayucos Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 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
12.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cayucos Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Cayucos Pier at 12AM is: 0.9m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1.5
WNW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
Period(s) (?)121213191918181812121217171616161616888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111212401266614583540399395678865836499367346337251248322267589733647682682
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
1.21
9:26PM
0.96
7:00AM
1.30
9:28PM
1.03
7:51AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
0.22
1:59PM
0.10
1:09AM
0.84
2:34PM
0.01
1:58AM
0.72
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise------7:18-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset-7:07-------7:07-------7:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222319171615152125242018171615212322181716151420
Feels °C (?)202017141311111722221816151413192020161514131218
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