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Pico Creek surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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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
14.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 7PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)151414131313131414141313141413181716161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)639622563539458451451390425226147192334379407437433463590671588669980953
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
5
N
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffglassglassglassglassglassoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
1.10
9:39AM
1.74
11:40PM
1.14
10:15AM
1.68
12:09AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
-0.27
3:29AM
0.75
5:00PM
-0.27
4:11AM
0.72
5:30PM
-0.22
4:57AM
0.68
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset-5:16-------5:17-------5:19------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222018171715151821201816151515182019181616161517
Feels °C (?)201816151412121620181614121312161818171414141316
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