Pico Creek surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
14.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pico Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Pico Creek at 8PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.9
WNW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
NW
Period(s) (?)81010101010101010141414141414141310131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2952693863943943472772392391911961991991961941781231611211211211198380
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
NW
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
E
5
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglasscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
1.70
9:54AM
1.42
9:19PM
1.66
10:19AM
1.47
10:02PM
1.60
10:42AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
0.64
3:27AM
-0.04
3:23PM
0.52
3:59AM
0.04
4:04PM
0.42
4:26AM
0.16
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset-7:07-------7:06-------7:04------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919181918192121201818181819222221171717171821
Feels °C (?)191820182019202221201818181819222119161717171821
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-shore wind 47 km from Pico Creek has fallen light (light winds from the N at Paso Robles Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Pico Creek. 1.7m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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47 km away, 2 h 9 min ago

7 km/h
N
0.0
14.9
Air / Water (°C)
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