Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 31 Aug 2025 PDT
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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
16.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Pismo Beach Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Pismo Beach Pier at 7AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)3ft (0.9m)17s
Afternoon (31 Aug)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (31 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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

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Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)181817171716161616161616161515151515151515151415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)431519514435485505549537486528458441414401391388388390343411429473347288
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
SSE
0
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
0
WSW
0
S
5
SE
0
NW
0
NNW
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
1.77
9:07AM
1.38
5:29PM
1.82
9:09AM
1.43
6:30PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
0.70
12:48AM
0.61
10:39AM
1.38
1:38AM
0.50
12:19PM
1.35
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:29-------7:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222123272524222122212327242218171617182222201515
Feels °C (?)222123262424232122212326232218171717182121191415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pismo Beach Pier (calm at BUOY-CPXC1 10 km from Pismo Beach Pier). 1.2m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 17s long period groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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4 km/h
SSE
Clean
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