Exotics surf break

Exotics surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT
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Exotics surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Exotics sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Exotics today?

The current surf forecast for Exotics at 5PM is: 0.6m 20s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)20s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)112020191918181818181716161616161515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)551623590571646647635599566562481626498451430491468438529518443448464375
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNE
0
NNE
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
SE
0
NE
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
SSW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
1.98
8:17AM
1.55
6:37PM
2.01
8:52AM
1.63
7:37PM
2.03
9:21AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:11AM
1.31
1:10AM
0.28
12:39PM
1.24
2:02AM
0.24
1:43PM
1.12
2:44AM
0.25
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-7:12-------7:09-------7:08------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C232219192020212626252222222121242420171717181717
Feels °C (?)242220192020212625232121212021242420181817181717
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 45 km away suggest it is still onshore at Exotics (moderate winds from the SSW at Paso Robles Airport). 1.3m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 19s long period groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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45 km away, 1 h 31 min ago

24 km/h
SSW
0.0
15.4
Air / Water (°C)
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