Studio Drive surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 PDT
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Studio Drive surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Studio Drive sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Studio Drive today?

The current surf forecast for Studio Drive at 4PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (20 Aug)6ft (1.9m)7s

Table - waves today at Studio Drive. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
1
2
4
4
4
4
2
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
NW
0.8
SSW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1515157788888147788888161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6554134986106681393123310661023875496463454456513523540503472427424375432428
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
WSW
0
NE
5
NNW
0
NE
0
NW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
1.22
8:57PM
1.88
10:37AM
1.29
9:41PM
1.89
11:04AM
1.35
10:21PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
0.69
4:07AM
-0.26
3:34PM
0.59
4:41AM
-0.23
4:15PM
0.50
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:45-------7:44----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212628262324232324292828212122212226272519192019
Feels °C (?)192325232222212122272626212221212225262419192019
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Studio Drive (light winds from the W at Cal Poly Engineering 24 km from Studio Drive). 2.0m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SW and a 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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13 km/h
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0.0
14.7
Air / Water (°C)
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