Sand spit Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Luis Obispo (23 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (35.30° N 120.88° W)

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Sand spit surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 PDT

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Sand spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sand spit sea temperature is 14.9° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sand spit today?

The current surf forecast for Sand spit at 12AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (27 Aug)	-	-
Evening (27 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s

Table - waves today at Sand spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tue 26		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	410	367	406	471	416	380	367	323	206	200	197	160	180	257	260	193	143	179	130	237	237	207	219	259
Wind (km/h)	NNW	W	E	NE	E	W	W	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	W	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:59AM 1.59				1:17PM 1.83				1:55AM 1.43				1:48PM 1.81					3:11AM 1.29				2:26PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)					6:51AM 0.80				7:59PM 0.76				7:13AM 0.96					9:01PM 0.76			7:33AM 1.10

	Tue 26		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	15	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	17	19	19	17	14	14	15	15	17	20	19	18
Feels °C (?)	16	14	13	13	16	18	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	17	17	15	13	14	15	14	16	18	17	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

Wind Update Recent on-shore wind 19 km from Sand spit has fallen light (calm at BUOY-CPXC1). Waves cleaning up. A 0.8m swell from the WNW
1 hour 40 minutes ago Sand spit

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19 km away, 1 h 40 min ago

2 km/h

NNW

0.0

14.9

Air / Water (°C)

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