Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 20 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: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.7
W
0.5
WNW
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)111010101010999999997111110101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)496352274227186132124868157572830344969277354325327320307369375
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
0
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononglasscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
1.95
12:30PM
1.57
12:42AM
1.99
1:46PM
1.39
1:29AM
2.01
3:38PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
0.64
6:35AM
0.68
6:08PM
0.81
7:44AM
0.63
6:41PM
0.98
9:06AM
0.58
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset-------5:50-------5:51-------5:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10988711131311109981317151313121111151918
Feels °C (?)77564810111087751114121111988131716
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