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Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 31 Jan 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
14.8° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 3AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (01 Feb)8ft (2.5m)18s
Evening (01 Feb)10ft (3.0m)17s

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

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Sat
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
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5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.3
WNW
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
W
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)121716161615151817171616161615151414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)604603659893113112001654420944234686481947014293386034163011268022211984174014871162980847
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
1.63
8:53AM
2.41
10:39PM
1.69
9:40AM
2.33
11:14PM
1.75
10:25AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42AM
1.04
4:06PM
-0.03
3:33AM
0.97
4:44PM
0.07
4:24AM
0.92
Sat
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----7:01-------7:01-------7:00--
Sunset-------5:30-------5:30-------5:31
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717161520222219171615141822211715151414192422
Feels °C (?)171616141318191916141211101519181512121111172220
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