Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pismo Beach Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Pismo Beach Pier at 4AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (20 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111101010101099999987711
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)247621092600154613481104771680521404274227186132115948076565366354943
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NE
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33PM
1.89
11:33AM
1.76
12:05AM
1.95
12:30PM
1.57
12:42AM
1.99
1:46PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
0.48
5:38AM
0.73
5:38PM
0.64
6:35AM
0.68
6:08PM
0.81
7:44AM
0.63
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:43-------6:41-------6:41---
Sunset-------5:49-------5:50-------5:51
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10988811131210987711141311111099141816
Feels °C (?)3444589866544810101010877121613
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