Pico Creek surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 PDT
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Pico Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pico Creek sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pico Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Pico Creek at 9AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (14 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
3
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
NW
1.2
WNW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.3
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
2
NW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)10141498677777151577777779999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5412482373622492683134791322332102222422442865893052633324294696951623627
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
1.33
9:10PM
1.44
9:22AM
1.32
9:36PM
1.58
10:13AM
1.30
10:04PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
0.38
2:50PM
0.08
3:22AM
0.19
3:20PM
0.16
4:05AM
-0.00
3:51PM
0.27
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:36-------7:37-------7:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111011151615121211111216171714131312121519191513
Feels °C (?)9891312107999101413131010111010111312109
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