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Exotics surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 PST
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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
14.6° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Exotics today?

The current surf forecast for Exotics at 2AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121218181616161515141413131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)499398386299240236186145163243359437400537639622563539458451451395425285
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
0
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
1.47
8:24AM
2.18
10:44PM
1.50
9:01AM
2.21
11:13PM
1.52
9:37AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
1.21
3:56PM
0.15
2:49AM
1.18
4:28PM
0.14
3:29AM
1.16
Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----7:11-------7:11-------7:11--
Sunset-------5:15-------5:16-------5:17
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717161619222119191717171922211817161515182121
Feels °C (?)171514141317211917161514141720191614141212162020
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