Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 Apr 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
14.2° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
1
1
3
4
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.7
W
2
W
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)16161616161616151511101111101010101010910679
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37637136736235829529128026664689910271046901769598523399399452485265223486
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
W
10
W
5
SW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossonononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
1.70
8:09PM
1.61
6:31AM
1.73
8:23PM
1.69
7:27AM
1.77
8:39PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.52
1:06AM
1.24
1:35PM
0.50
1:50AM
1.07
2:06PM
0.51
2:32AM
0.86
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:35-------6:33-------6:33-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:31-------7:32----
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1123-11--------------
Temp. °C141617161514131212141515131210101114151512111110
Feels °C (?)1213131210991011111111121188911111098108
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