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Pismo Beach Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
15.3° 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 7AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111111111172019191818171716161616161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5414764443873345502782864807587941081129414913000285626152389225719331698139312251010
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
20
N
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglasscrossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
1.73
12:16PM
1.89
2:08AM
1.77
1:13PM
1.64
2:51AM
1.82
2:25PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
1.10
7:14PM
0.39
7:49AM
1.07
7:52PM
0.59
9:13AM
1.01
8:29PM
0.79
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:11-------7:11-------7:11----
Sunset-----5:06-------5:07-------5:07--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1212111416151312109101113141098761014151311
Feels °C (?)101091213111097576784333271112107
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