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Cayucos Pier surf break

Cayucos Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 PST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 8PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
1
W
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
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313121212121212181816161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1127966838627632608617617523523507405386304294236189186165227283354516447
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:51PM
1.00
8:10AM
1.69
10:15PM
1.03
8:44AM
1.74
10:40PM
1.06
9:17AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
-0.13
1:52AM
0.74
3:37PM
-0.19
2:29AM
0.70
4:06PM
-0.23
3:04AM
0.66
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset-5:13-------5:14-------5:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242318171615151822211816151414182221181716161517
Feels °C (?)232216151312121620191613121111162020161413131215
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