Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm 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 5AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (19 Feb)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

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Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
3
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)13131313128910101111111111111111101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242220881780134425391405226325622810242728941635132410858856804874042742271731329873
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
0
NE
10
S
25
SSW
35
W
30
W
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
15
NW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
SSE
25
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:05PM
1.81
10:44AM
1.93
11:33PM
1.89
11:33AM
1.76
12:05AM
1.95
12:30PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
0.35
4:47AM
0.80
5:10PM
0.48
5:38AM
0.73
5:38PM
0.64
6:35AM
0.68
Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset-------5:47-------5:49-------5:50
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1721-----------------
Temp. °C109101112121111109888111212109888121413
Feels °C (?)777555333444588877554889
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