Pico Creek surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 15 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
14.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 10AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.2
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)71414151577777778999910101010101016
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2371921582222422442865213132583053423345781283614501443436386320314314253
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22AM
1.32
9:36PM
1.58
10:13AM
1.30
10:04PM
1.70
11:07AM
1.24
10:37PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
0.19
3:20PM
0.16
4:05AM
-0.00
3:51PM
0.27
4:50AM
-0.17
4:24PM
0.39
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:37-------7:38--
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111112161717141312111216171817141211131818181414
Feels °C (?)9910131313101110910131212121197101514131012
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