Cayucos Pier surf break

Cayucos Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 19 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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 5AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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

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Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131315141318181616161515141414131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181149339390401444416469590793604669994742826724623623613522461361355530
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
0
S
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
0
E
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.13
10:23AM
1.70
11:59PM
1.18
10:59AM
1.60
12:28AM
1.23
11:38AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
-0.23
4:17AM
0.59
5:29PM
-0.19
4:59AM
0.57
5:57PM
-0.10
5:46AM
0.55
Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-----7:09-------7:09-------7:09--
Sunset-------5:17-------5:19-------5:20
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171514141418201918161516151716151414141414141716
Feels °C (?)141211111116181817151314131515141314131313131614
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