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Pico Creek surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 29 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
14.5° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 2AM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (30 Jan)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (30 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.5
W
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131313131212121212121817161616151918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26512478241121971910158113561211104187570369279478182771182389695212391341190015874806
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
NW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
0
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		offglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
1.07
7:17AM
1.92
9:37PM
1.14
8:09AM
1.95
10:12PM
1.20
8:59AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
0.78
2:52PM
-0.47
1:59AM
0.69
3:33PM
-0.49
2:52AM
0.61
Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:05-------7:03--
Sunset-------5:29-------5:30-------5:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515151418212219181716161923211917161514182019
Feels °C (?)141312111115192017161513131622191715141211171715
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