Pismo Beach Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.14° N 120.64° W

Pismo Beach Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pismo Beach Pier sea temperature is
19.7°C
3.8° 

Pismo Beach Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Pismo Beach Pier today (29 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pismo Beach Pier at 10PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)--
Afternoon (29 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (29 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.7
SSW
18
0.9
SW
14
1.1
SW
17
1.1
SW
16
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
370
400
480
480
480
416
411
395
370
365
360
355
350
346
341
336
285
350
745
644
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
0
SSW
0
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
12:05PM2.25m
3:03AM1.48m
1:02PM2.14m
4:25AM1.52m
2:12PM2.00m
Low Tide
7:50PM0.13m
6:42AM1.30m
8:57PM0.20m
8:07AM1.35m
10:05PM0.27m
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cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
20
19
17
17
17
16
17
17
18
17
16
15
15
14
14
16
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
19
18
18
18
18
16
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
16
16
16
16
15
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