Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 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
14.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pismo Beach Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Pismo Beach Pier at 6PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (25 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (25 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
1.7
NW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)1616161678889101010101010101010111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129163127161284402422829705716746794770625520418360367359359281234225212
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
0
NW
5
N
0
WNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.46
4:30AM
1.96
7:43PM
1.56
5:54AM
1.96
8:19PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.36
10:13PM
1.35
12:26PM
0.32
12:01AM
1.28
1:23PM
0.29
1:16AM
1.14
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:17-------7:19----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C152021191516161616222324201817171720211916151515
Feels °C (?)152019161314141314202020161615161618191816141514
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