Hazard Canyon Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Luis Obispo (23 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Hazard Canyon surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 PDT

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Hazard Canyon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Hazard Canyon sea temperature is 14.1° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hazard Canyon today?

The current surf forecast for Hazard Canyon at 3PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Evening (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s

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

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	Thursday 16						Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	188	186	248	322	223	129	217	217	272	272	217	214	189	161	161	229	334	465	1098	976	1271	1115	1087	993
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NE	NNE	N	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNE	N	E	SW	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:09AM 1.77			7:28PM 1.80					8:36AM 1.85				8:21PM 1.78				9:00AM 1.91				9:09PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			1:47PM 0.98					2:03AM 0.46				2:32PM 0.82				2:37AM 0.55				3:12PM 0.67				3:06AM 0.66

	Thursday 16						Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	20	22	20	19	18	18	17	17	20	19	19	17	17	17	17
Feels °C (?)	10	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	18	19	16	16	17	17	16	16	19	17	17	16	16	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

Wind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Hazard Canyon (light winds from the NNW at San Luis Obispo Airport 24 km from Hazard Canyon). 1.0m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.7m 14s groundswell, also from the WNW and a 0.4m 15s groundswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 3 minutes ago Hazard Canyon

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24 km away, 2 h 3 min ago

15 km/h

NNW

0.0

14.1

Air / Water (°C)

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