Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 18 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 3PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (18 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
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4
4
4
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2.3
W
1.4
WNW
3
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212121313131313128910101111111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54773503302127822422208817801659618122820272738261522922814158713481008785608487352274227
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
N
10
SSE
25
SSW
35
W
35
W
40
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
2.07
11:05PM
1.81
10:44AM
1.93
11:33PM
1.89
11:33AM
1.76
12:05AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
0.35
4:47AM
0.80
5:10PM
0.48
5:38AM
0.73
5:38PM
0.64
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise6:45-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:47-------5:49----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------2821-------------
Temp. °C811121210910101212111110988810121210988
Feels °C (?)366667745533434457876655
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