Pismo Beach Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.14° N 120.64° W

Pismo Beach Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pismo Beach Pier sea temperature is
19.1°C
3.0° 

Pismo Beach Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Pismo Beach Pier today (24 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pismo Beach Pier at 1PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (24 Oct)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (24 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
11
1.1
WNW
11
1.1
WNW
11
1
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SW
13
0.7
WNW
10
0.7
WNW
10
0.7
WNW
10
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.8
WNW
10
0.6
SW
16
1.6
NW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
427
436
394
339
346
275
275
229
173
167
158
127
144
87
87
87
87
88
87
88
88
125
151
209
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
0
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:59AM2.07m
9:48PM1.70m
9:27AM2.18m
10:40PM1.67m
9:59AM2.27m
Low Tide
2:43AM0.72m
3:38PM0.42m
3:14AM0.82m
4:20PM0.25m
3:46AM0.92m
5:05PM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
15
15
20
23
21
18
18
17
17
17
20
21
19
17
16
15
15
14
18
19
18
16
15
Feels °C
14
13
13
19
21
19
17
18
17
17
17
19
20
18
17
17
14
14
13
16
16
15
13
13
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