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Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 11 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
15.0° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 8AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)19s

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

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131314131313201918181716161616161515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1471952232042292124079111347190727352546242421611943174016741525143912591207958823823
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crossoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
1.88
5:58PM
1.24
4:59AM
1.92
7:30PM
1.30
5:42AM
1.96
8:27PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.75
9:55PM
1.10
12:46PM
0.61
10:52PM
1.20
1:30PM
0.48
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---7:11-------7:11-------7:09----
Sunset-----5:08-------5:09-------5:10--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111110131718131212121215191915141313131620201615
Feels °C (?)7761014159888812171713119991317181311
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