Today — Central California Coast, United States

Places to check

Pismo BeachAround 6:00 PM PDT

Windy · Moderate confidence

Similar forecast: Cayucos.

2.8–2.8 ft · Coastal waves · not surf height

Wind: 6.3 kt · cross-shore

Other places to check

Cayucos · Around 6:00 PM PDT · Windy
3.1–3.1 ft · Coastal waves · not surf height · 6.6 kt cross-shore
Morro Bay · Around 6:00 PM PDT · Windy
3.9–3.9 ft · Coastal waves · not surf height · 9.0 kt onshore

Why this spot?

Waves are forecast to reach this beach.
This is the best time in the forecast, though wind may make it choppy.

Central California Coast spots

5 spots

Central California Coast

5 spots

Central California Coast surf forecast
Spot	Coastal wavesat 10 m depth	Outlook	Daytime coastal range	Wind	Tide
Morro BayCDIP SL345 · ECMWF coastal forecastWNW offshore model swell · 3.6 ft @ 6s	3.6 ftW @ 17s17:00 local · not breaking surf	WindyModerate confidence	2.7–4.1 ft05:00–19:00 · 15/15 hoursOutlook: Around 6:00 PM	NW 10.1 ktonshore	4 ftrising
12 AMF2.6 ft2.32 ft 1 AMF2.6 ft3.91 ft 2 AMF2.7 ft4.20.5 ft 3 AMF2.7 ft1.80.5 ft 4 AMF2.7 ft31.5 ft 5 AMF2.7 ft2.72 ft 6 AMF2.7 ft1.82.5 ft 7 AMF2.8 ft2.63 ft 8 AMF2.8 ft4.33.5 ft 9 AMF2.8 ft7.24 ft 10 AMF2.9 ft7.74 ft 11 AMF2.9 ft6.23.5 ft NoonF3.1 ft7.23 ft 1 PMF3.2 ft8.73 ft 2 PMF3.3 ft9.62.5 ft 3 PMF3.4 ft9.83 ft 4 PMF3.5 ft10.63.5 ft 5 PMF3.6 ft10.14 ft 6 PMF3.9 ft94.5 ft 7 PMF4.1 ft7.34.5 ft 8 PMF4.3 ft5.45 ft 9 PMF4.5 ft2.14.5 ft 10 PMF4.7 ft1.33.5 ft 11 PMF4.9 ft1.73 ft Open hourly forecast Spot notes
Pismo BeachCDIP SL097 · ECMWF coastal forecastWNW offshore model swell · 2.8 ft @ 8s	2.7 ftWSW @ 14s17:00 local · not breaking surf	WindyModerate confidence	2.1–2.9 ft05:00–19:00 · 15/15 hoursOutlook: Around 6:00 PM	WNW 10 ktcross-shore	4 ftrising
12 AMF2.0 ft3.82 ft 1 AMF2.0 ft31 ft 2 AMF2.1 ft4.10.5 ft 3 AMF2.1 ft4.50.5 ft 4 AMF2.1 ft4.31.5 ft 5 AMF2.1 ft4.52 ft 6 AMF2.1 ft3.32.5 ft 7 AMF2.1 ft4.13 ft 8 AMF2.1 ft2.43.5 ft 9 AMF2.2 ft0.74 ft 10 AMF2.2 ft2.44 ft 11 AMF2.2 ft5.83.5 ft NoonF2.3 ft5.63 ft 1 PMF2.3 ft7.93 ft 2 PMF2.4 ft10.32.5 ft 3 PMF2.5 ft9.13 ft 4 PMF2.6 ft9.93.5 ft 5 PMF2.7 ft104 ft 6 PMF2.8 ft6.34.5 ft 7 PMF2.9 ft3.94.5 ft 8 PMF3.0 ft0.75 ft 9 PMF3.1 ft2.54.5 ft 10 PMF3.1 ft2.23.5 ft 11 PMF3.2 ft1.23 ft Open hourly forecast Spot notes
CayucosCDIP SL400 · ECMWF coastal forecastWNW offshore model swell · 3.6 ft @ 6s	3.0 ftSW @ 14s17:00 local · not breaking surf	WindyModerate confidence	2.4–3.2 ft05:00–19:00 · 15/15 hoursOutlook: Around 6:00 PM	NW 8.4 ktcross-shore	4 ftrising
12 AMF2.2 ft2.22 ft 1 AMF2.3 ft2.11 ft 2 AMF2.3 ft2.70.5 ft 3 AMF2.3 ft2.60.5 ft 4 AMF2.3 ft2.31.5 ft 5 AMF2.4 ft2.52 ft 6 AMF2.4 ft2.12.5 ft 7 AMF2.4 ft0.23 ft 8 AMF2.5 ft3.33.5 ft 9 AMF2.5 ft3.14 ft 10 AMF2.5 ft4.94 ft 11 AMF2.6 ft63.5 ft NoonF2.6 ft6.23 ft 1 PMF2.7 ft8.33 ft 2 PMF2.7 ft8.12.5 ft 3 PMF2.8 ft8.63 ft 4 PMF2.9 ft8.83.5 ft 5 PMF3.0 ft8.44 ft 6 PMF3.1 ft6.64.5 ft 7 PMF3.2 ft3.84.5 ft 8 PMF3.3 ft1.25 ft 9 PMF3.4 ft24.5 ft 10 PMF3.5 ft33.5 ft 11 PMF3.6 ft23 ft Open hourly forecast Spot notes
Hazard CanyonWNW offshore model swell · 3.4 ft @ 7s	Unavailable	WindyLow confidence	4:45 PM–6:00 PM	NNW 8.5 ktonshore	4 ftrising
12 AMUUnavailable4.72 ft 1 AMUUnavailable6.21 ft 2 AMUUnavailable6.40.5 ft 3 AMUUnavailable5.10.5 ft 4 AMUUnavailable5.91.5 ft 5 AMUUnavailable5.72 ft 6 AMUUnavailable4.12.5 ft 7 AMUUnavailable4.33 ft 8 AMUUnavailable4.23.5 ft 9 AMUUnavailable7.54 ft 10 AMUUnavailable6.74 ft 11 AMUUnavailable5.93.5 ft NoonUUnavailable6.33 ft 1 PMUUnavailable7.83 ft 2 PMUUnavailable7.72.5 ft 3 PMUUnavailable8.13 ft 4 PMUUnavailable8.33.5 ft 5 PMUUnavailable8.54 ft 6 PMUUnavailable94.5 ft 7 PMUUnavailable7.94.5 ft 8 PMUUnavailable7.65 ft 9 PMUUnavailable6.34.5 ft 10 PMUUnavailable4.63.5 ft 11 PMUUnavailable3.43 ft Open hourly forecast Spot notes
SandspitWNW offshore model swell · 3.4 ft @ 7s	Unavailable	WindyLow confidence	4:45 PM–6:00 PM	NW 8.8 ktonshore	4 ftrising
12 AMUUnavailable3.62 ft 1 AMUUnavailable4.71 ft 2 AMUUnavailable5.20.5 ft 3 AMUUnavailable3.70.5 ft 4 AMUUnavailable4.41.5 ft 5 AMUUnavailable3.92 ft 6 AMUUnavailable1.12.5 ft 7 AMUUnavailable1.53 ft 8 AMUUnavailable4.13.5 ft 9 AMUUnavailable7.34 ft 10 AMUUnavailable6.64 ft 11 AMUUnavailable5.83.5 ft NoonUUnavailable6.23 ft 1 PMUUnavailable7.73 ft 2 PMUUnavailable7.82.5 ft 3 PMUUnavailable83 ft 4 PMUUnavailable8.73.5 ft 5 PMUUnavailable8.84 ft 6 PMUUnavailable94.5 ft 7 PMUUnavailable7.74.5 ft 8 PMUUnavailable75 ft 9 PMUUnavailable4.84.5 ft 10 PMUUnavailable43.5 ft 11 PMUUnavailable3.53 ft Open hourly forecast Spot notes

Central California Coast

5 spots

Morro Bay

3.6 ft coastal waves

CDIP SL345 · ECMWF forecast at about 10 m · W 17s · 17:00 local. Not breaking surf.

Offshore swell: WNW 3.6 ft @ 6s

WindyModerate confidenceWhen to goAround 6:00 PMDaytime coastal range: 2.7–4.1 ft

WindNW 10.1 ktonshoreTide4 ftrising

Hourly timeline

12 AMF2.6 ft2.32 ft

1 AMF2.6 ft3.91 ft

2 AMF2.7 ft4.20.5 ft

3 AMF2.7 ft1.80.5 ft

4 AMF2.7 ft31.5 ft

5 AMF2.7 ft2.72 ft

6 AMF2.7 ft1.82.5 ft

7 AMF2.8 ft2.63 ft

8 AMF2.8 ft4.33.5 ft

9 AMF2.8 ft7.24 ft

10 AMF2.9 ft7.74 ft

11 AMF2.9 ft6.23.5 ft

NoonF3.1 ft7.23 ft

1 PMF3.2 ft8.73 ft

2 PMF3.3 ft9.62.5 ft

3 PMF3.4 ft9.83 ft

4 PMF3.5 ft10.63.5 ft

5 PMF3.6 ft10.14 ft

6 PMF3.9 ft94.5 ft

7 PMF4.1 ft7.34.5 ft

8 PMF4.3 ft5.45 ft

9 PMF4.5 ft2.14.5 ft

10 PMF4.7 ft1.33.5 ft

11 PMF4.9 ft1.73 ft

Open hourly forecast

Pismo Beach

2.7 ft coastal waves

CDIP SL097 · ECMWF forecast at about 10 m · WSW 14s · 17:00 local. Not breaking surf.

Offshore swell: WNW 2.8 ft @ 8s

WindyModerate confidenceWhen to goAround 6:00 PMDaytime coastal range: 2.1–2.9 ft

WindWNW 10 ktcross-shoreTide4 ftrising

Hourly timeline

12 AMF2.0 ft3.82 ft

1 AMF2.0 ft31 ft

2 AMF2.1 ft4.10.5 ft

3 AMF2.1 ft4.50.5 ft

4 AMF2.1 ft4.31.5 ft

5 AMF2.1 ft4.52 ft

6 AMF2.1 ft3.32.5 ft

7 AMF2.1 ft4.13 ft

8 AMF2.1 ft2.43.5 ft

9 AMF2.2 ft0.74 ft

10 AMF2.2 ft2.44 ft

11 AMF2.2 ft5.83.5 ft

NoonF2.3 ft5.63 ft

1 PMF2.3 ft7.93 ft

2 PMF2.4 ft10.32.5 ft

3 PMF2.5 ft9.13 ft

4 PMF2.6 ft9.93.5 ft

5 PMF2.7 ft104 ft

6 PMF2.8 ft6.34.5 ft

7 PMF2.9 ft3.94.5 ft

8 PMF3.0 ft0.75 ft

9 PMF3.1 ft2.54.5 ft

10 PMF3.1 ft2.23.5 ft

11 PMF3.2 ft1.23 ft

Open hourly forecast

Cayucos

3.0 ft coastal waves

CDIP SL400 · ECMWF forecast at about 10 m · SW 14s · 17:00 local. Not breaking surf.

Offshore swell: WNW 3.6 ft @ 6s

WindyModerate confidenceWhen to goAround 6:00 PMDaytime coastal range: 2.4–3.2 ft

WindNW 8.4 ktcross-shoreTide4 ftrising

Hourly timeline

12 AMF2.2 ft2.22 ft

1 AMF2.3 ft2.11 ft

2 AMF2.3 ft2.70.5 ft

3 AMF2.3 ft2.60.5 ft

4 AMF2.3 ft2.31.5 ft

5 AMF2.4 ft2.52 ft

6 AMF2.4 ft2.12.5 ft

7 AMF2.4 ft0.23 ft

8 AMF2.5 ft3.33.5 ft

9 AMF2.5 ft3.14 ft

10 AMF2.5 ft4.94 ft

11 AMF2.6 ft63.5 ft

NoonF2.6 ft6.23 ft

1 PMF2.7 ft8.33 ft

2 PMF2.7 ft8.12.5 ft

3 PMF2.8 ft8.63 ft

4 PMF2.9 ft8.83.5 ft

5 PMF3.0 ft8.44 ft

6 PMF3.1 ft6.64.5 ft

7 PMF3.2 ft3.84.5 ft

8 PMF3.3 ft1.25 ft

9 PMF3.4 ft24.5 ft

10 PMF3.5 ft33.5 ft

11 PMF3.6 ft23 ft

Open hourly forecast

Hazard Canyon

Unavailable

Offshore swell: WNW 3.4 ft @ 7s

WindyLow confidenceWhen to go4:45 PM–6:00 PM

WindNNW 8.5 ktonshoreTide4 ftrising

Hourly timeline

12 AMUUnavailable4.72 ft

1 AMUUnavailable6.21 ft

2 AMUUnavailable6.40.5 ft

3 AMUUnavailable5.10.5 ft

4 AMUUnavailable5.91.5 ft

5 AMUUnavailable5.72 ft

6 AMUUnavailable4.12.5 ft

7 AMUUnavailable4.33 ft

8 AMUUnavailable4.23.5 ft

9 AMUUnavailable7.54 ft

10 AMUUnavailable6.74 ft

11 AMUUnavailable5.93.5 ft

NoonUUnavailable6.33 ft

1 PMUUnavailable7.83 ft

2 PMUUnavailable7.72.5 ft

3 PMUUnavailable8.13 ft

4 PMUUnavailable8.33.5 ft

5 PMUUnavailable8.54 ft

6 PMUUnavailable94.5 ft

7 PMUUnavailable7.94.5 ft

8 PMUUnavailable7.65 ft

9 PMUUnavailable6.34.5 ft

10 PMUUnavailable4.63.5 ft

11 PMUUnavailable3.43 ft

Open hourly forecast

Sandspit

Unavailable

Offshore swell: WNW 3.4 ft @ 7s

WindyLow confidenceWhen to go4:45 PM–6:00 PM

WindNW 8.8 ktonshoreTide4 ftrising

Hourly timeline

12 AMUUnavailable3.62 ft

1 AMUUnavailable4.71 ft

2 AMUUnavailable5.20.5 ft

3 AMUUnavailable3.70.5 ft

4 AMUUnavailable4.41.5 ft

5 AMUUnavailable3.92 ft

6 AMUUnavailable1.12.5 ft

7 AMUUnavailable1.53 ft

8 AMUUnavailable4.13.5 ft

9 AMUUnavailable7.34 ft

10 AMUUnavailable6.64 ft

11 AMUUnavailable5.83.5 ft

NoonUUnavailable6.23 ft

1 PMUUnavailable7.73 ft

2 PMUUnavailable7.82.5 ft

3 PMUUnavailable83 ft

4 PMUUnavailable8.73.5 ft

5 PMUUnavailable8.84 ft

6 PMUUnavailable94.5 ft

7 PMUUnavailable7.74.5 ft

8 PMUUnavailable75 ft

9 PMUUnavailable4.84.5 ft

10 PMUUnavailable43.5 ft

11 PMUUnavailable3.53 ft

Open hourly forecast

Seven-day coastal wave outlook

Tue, Sep 22Wind 0–10.5 kt varying direction

Wed, Sep 23Wind 0–11.5 kt varying direction

Thu, Sep 24Wind 0.5–7 kt varying direction

Fri, Sep 25Wind 0.5–13.5 kt varying direction

Sat, Sep 26Wind 0.5–8.5 kt varying direction

Sun, Sep 27Wind 0.5–11 kt varying direction

Mon, Sep 28Wind 2.5–13 kt varying direction

Daily minimum–maximum coastal significant wave height, 05:00–19:00 Los Angeles time, at about 10 m depth. Not breaking surf, set sizes, confidence intervals, or a quality ranking. Later days remain unavailable beyond CDIP’s current forecast horizon.

Forecast sources 5/6 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Report or official forecast

US National Weather Service Surf Zone Forecast

No assigned NWS county zone covers this spot and selected local date.

UnavailableNo source time

Wave observation

Coastal Data Information Program THREDDS

CDIP SL345 (35.36503, -120.87659; 14.99 m depth); CDIP named Morro Rock output point; the transect lands beside the catalog Morro Bay shoreline. | CDIP SL097 (35.13593, -120.66090; 15 m depth); CDIP named Pismo Beach Pier output point; exact named beach and aligned southwest-facing transect. | CDIP SL400 (35.43385, -120.91185; 15 m depth); CDIP named Cayucos Pier output point; exact named break and south-southwest-facing transect.; significant wave height at mapped coastal depth, not breaking surf

CurrentSep 22, 2:54 PM PDT

Wave observation

Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA (222) buoy 46259 · 87 km from Morro Bay

Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA (222) buoy 46259 · 87 km from Morro Bay; NDBC significant wave height (Hs) from a buoy in this spot’s checked seaward hemisphere; not breaking-wave face height

CurrentSep 22, 3:56 PM PDT

Tide prediction

NOAA CO-OPS Tides and Currents API

NOAA Port San Luis 9412110 · 24.7 km from Morro Bay; predicted high/low events above MLLW, converted to feet. Timestamp is retrieval time; provider issue time is not supplied.

CurrentSep 22, 4:45 PM PDT

Forecast model

Open-Meteo Marine API

5 of 6 configured model points available

CurrentSep 22, 4:45 PM PDT

Forecast model

Open-Meteo Weather API

5 of 6 configured model points available

CurrentSep 22, 4:45 PM PDT

Comparison or discovery

Surf-Forecast public pages

Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallback

Not applicableNo source time

Comparison or discovery

Surfline public spot pages

Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadata

Not applicableNo source time