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Pismo Beach Pier Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Luis Obispo (23 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Pismo Beach Pier surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Pismo Beach Pier today?
The current surf forecast for Pismo Beach Pier at 8AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Pismo Beach Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 220 | 217 | 214 | 214 | 214 | 211 | 272 | 314 | 320 | 320 | 277 | 234 | 212 | 216 | 178 | 171 | 122 | 117 | 115 | 111 | 111 | 57 | 75 | 62 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross | cross- on | glass | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross | cross | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:17AM 1.71 | 8:26PM 2.05 | 9:44AM 1.78 | 9:11PM 2.02 | 10:08AM 1.84 | 9:54PM 1.96 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:41AM 0.25 | 2:30PM 0.99 | 3:17AM 0.30 | 3:14PM 0.86 | 3:48AM 0.37 | 3:54PM 0.75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo
Continuing clean conditions at Pismo Beach Pier (calm at BUOY-CPXC1 10 km from Pismo Beach Pier). 0.7m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 5s windswell, also from the WNW and a 0.5m 10s swell, also from the WSW as well as a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 24 min ago
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