Pismo Beach Pier surf break

Pismo Beach Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 PDT
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Pismo Beach Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pismo Beach Pier sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Pismo Beach Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Pismo Beach Pier at 9AM is: 1.3m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)18s
Afternoon (22 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)17s
Evening (22 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)16s

Table - waves today at Pismo Beach Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)201918181716161615141414141313131918171716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79091396413091618143315861169911834722621537427421421528644202419072246172815471527
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18PM
1.62
10:26AM
2.06
12:04AM
1.55
10:52AM
2.04
12:56AM
1.48
11:20AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
1.01
5:31PM
0.35
4:46AM
1.11
6:11PM
0.36
5:10AM
1.20
6:55PM
0.41
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise--7:13-------7:15-------7:16-----
Sunset-----6:19-------6:17-------6:15--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141314161817151515141520222118181817172223211817
Feels °C (?)151314151615131414121418191816161715152120181716
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Actual: 56 min ago

8 km/h
NNE
Clean
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