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Oceano surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 12 Dec 2025 PSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Oceano surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oceano sea temperature is
15.9° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Oceano today?
The current surf forecast for Oceano at 12AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm December 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 Dec) | - | - |
| Evening (13 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Oceano. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 735 | 595 | 547 | 461 | 454 | 373 | 288 | 254 | 203 | 199 | 156 | 140 | 107 | 109 | 79 | 78 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 51 | 45 | 45 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:34PM 1.41 | 5:22AM 1.93 | 6:01PM 1.36 | 5:54AM 1.98 | 7:15PM 1.37 | 6:24AM 2.03 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:25PM 0.78 | 12:20PM 0.78 | 11:07PM 0.92 | 1:07PM 0.61 | 11:48PM 1.04 | 1:46PM 0.47 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fri 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 18 |
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