Pico Creek surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 12 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
13.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pico Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Pico Creek at 11AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
1
2
3
4
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
3
4
4
4
2
1
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.3
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)161615910101010101010109961099999677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)469457434632786818832754667603529383383528315210604528516460261246353558
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
15
NNW
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47AM
1.26
8:30PM
1.19
7:41AM
1.30
8:48PM
1.31
8:31AM
1.33
9:10PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.74
1:49PM
0.02
2:00AM
0.57
2:20PM
0.03
2:41AM
0.38
2:50PM
0.08
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise--6:35-------6:35-------6:33-----
Sunset-----7:35-------7:35-------7:36--
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-11--------------------
Temp. °C131313141514121110101114151512111010111515151211
Feels °C (?)101010111111109889121197888913101078
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