Exotics surf break

Exotics surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
14.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Exotics today?

The current surf forecast for Exotics at 3PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SSW
1.1
NW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)7778999101010101010161515101591414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2332932575381325614501452436394327320277324237172169167218218215213210156
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
0
ESE
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
1.75
9:58PM
2.18
11:04AM
1.70
10:31PM
2.27
12:02PM
1.63
11:09PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44PM
0.73
4:46AM
0.24
4:18PM
0.85
5:34AM
0.12
4:55PM
0.98
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:31-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:38-------7:38----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121618191715131113181918141413141519191915141413
Feels °C (?)101413141312979151413111210111217161713121212
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