Lighthouse surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 PDT
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Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lighthouse sea temperature is
13.6° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 3PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.5
NW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.6
S
1.7
NW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
NW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1314141414146613138661461313125666612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)278262307350335324368312202217277250310293464180176242233278328224287147
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
0
NNE
0
SSE
10
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
NW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00AM
0.91
5:59PM
1.80
8:33AM
0.97
6:54PM
1.89
9:36AM
1.05
7:48PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
0.70
1:48AM
-0.04
12:08PM
0.81
2:42AM
-0.21
1:17PM
0.85
3:31AM
-0.33
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset----8:19-------8:17-------8:16---
clearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudclearclearpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141818181414131315171717141313131517171715141413
Feels °C (?)131615141112121215161514121213131617151311111312
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Lighthouse (moderate winds from the NNW at SHIP917 57 km from Lighthouse). 1.3m 5s windswell from the WNW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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