Pico Creek surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 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
14.2° 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 1PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)61313131616161616161616171818181818181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)123121121119127208208175214179214271368491659491486480270264559545643643
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
0
W
5
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
1.26
8:04PM
0.98
4:20AM
1.22
8:03PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
0.13
11:30AM
0.12
10:31PM
0.97
12:29PM
0.08
12:18AM
0.87
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:41-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:31-------7:32----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------111-1211
Temp. °C152020191616151415181817151414141416161614141313
Feels °C (?)131817161315141415171716161413131314141412131212
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