San Luis Obispo Surf

Detailed San Luis Obispo surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in San Luis Obispo. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in San Luis Obispo. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in San Luis Obispo over the next 7 days. Surf photos from San Luis Obispo and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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San Luis Obispo Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the San Luis Obispo Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the San Luis Obispo coastline are also listed below.

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	Sat		Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Luis Obispo	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	0	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	2	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	11	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	15	10	16	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	634	583	595	596	682	1174	5410	1686	1235	997	825	550	517	423	397	305	720	2730	2374	1603	1228	994
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:20PM 1.19	7:12AM 2.01		8:11PM 1.52	7:46AM 1.71		8:48PM 0.30	7:59AM 2.09		9:39PM 1.10	8:26AM 2.11		10:35PM 1.12	8:54AM 2.11		11:16PM 1.49	9:26AM 2.10		11:58PM 0.19	9:59AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		12:57AM 0.44		2:10PM 0.53	1:18AM 0.93		2:47PM 0.08	1:50AM -0.25		3:06PM 0.31	2:26AM 0.59		3:55PM -0.06	2:41AM 0.86		4:22PM 0.22	3:17AM 1.23		4:56PM -1.11	3:15AM 0.03		5:32PM -1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	19	4	2	20	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	15	14	13	12	11	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	13	18	18	14	19	19
Low °C	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	13	10	13	13	12	13	12	12	15	15	12	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	14	12	11	10	9	14	12	11	14	14	13	12	10	12	18	18	13	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	14	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	10	16	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	16	14	16	15	14	5	6	15	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	-	-	1.0 S	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	765	642	568	579	565	590	601	588	530	508	644	435	839	741	581	1174	1142	1847	5409	2071	1686	1540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:24PM 1.53				7:11AM 0.68				8:10PM 1.52				7:35AM 2.05				8:48PM 0.30
Low Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 0.34			12:46AM 0.82					1:57PM 0.53				1:25AM 0.57				2:37PM 0.39				1:50AM -0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	2	4	6	4	9	6	2	1	-	-	-	4	9	14	-	1	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	6	13	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	12	12	18	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	-	6	4	4	5	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Carpoforo Creek CAL - San Luis Obispo	Leffingwell Landing CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Hazard Canyon CAL - San Luis Obispo	Saint Annes CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	937	707	758	700	693	642	638	554	326	479	549	361	579	581	374	374	385	385	568	587	601	644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										7:11PM 1.54												7:11AM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)				1:32PM 0.68											12:46AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	1	1	-	1	3	1	-	2	1	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	1	1
High °C	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-

San Luis Obispo Surf Breaks

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San Luis Obispo has a mixture of sand and reef breaks. It might not be top of a California surfers 'to hit' list, but can offer some decent waves if the right conditions collide. The area has few sheltered spots and is usually blown out by mid day with NW prevailing winds. A few will have a sideshore/offshore condition from a NW but most breaks will need an SSE wind which usually comes with a storm. Morro Bay faces W giving it the best of most swells which on a good swell can light up the whole beach with A-frames and fast barrels, be prepared for crowds though. Hazard Canyon on it's day is epic although is unbelievably unforgiving, almost as much as the locals can be if you turn up in numbers. Pismo Beach is one of the more popular breaks which works best on a SE wind but with an array of shops and restaurants around the pier expect some big crowds when it's working.

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