Exotics surf break

Exotics surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 17 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Exotics today?

The current surf forecast for Exotics at 6PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
3
1
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.1
NW
0.8
SSW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)15151515151515159141010101010101010141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)385291362287287291279275210269386394354310277239243243196199199196194125
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
10
S
0
ESE
0
SE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
2.03
9:21AM
1.70
8:29PM
2.03
9:48AM
1.77
9:15PM
2.00
10:12AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
1.12
2:44AM
0.25
2:34PM
0.99
3:20AM
0.29
3:18PM
0.86
3:52AM
0.37
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-
Sunset-7:08-------7:07-------7:06------
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11-------2132-----------
Temp. °C252317161616181818171817181818202020171617171821
Feels °C (?)242218161717181818171918191919212020171517171820
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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 SW at Paso Robles Airport). 0.7m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.7m 7s swell from the WNW and a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the S as well as a 0.4m 10s swell, also from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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20 km/h
SW
0.0
15.1
Air / Water (°C)
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