Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 17 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: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (18 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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4
4
1
0
0
0
0
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4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
4.5
W
4
WNW
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
W
3
W
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)9101011121212131313131312810111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1894347829813926396735363021281724582123178016101712139530273565317324272963163513001065757597
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
45
WSW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
5
N
5
ESE
20
S
25
WSW
35
W
40
WNW
40
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
1.73
10:01AM
2.07
11:05PM
1.81
10:44AM
1.93
11:33PM
1.89
11:33AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.26
4:00AM
0.88
4:43PM
0.35
4:47AM
0.80
5:10PM
0.48
5:38AM
0.73
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:45-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset-------5:46-------5:47-------5:49
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
3631-------11121---------
Temp. °C1312998101111109991211111099877101212
Feels °C (?)532124555774732124434798
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