Pismo Beach Pier Surf Report & Forecast
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
2-3FT
Thigh to waist
Swell
Wind
10KTSWNW
10kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
57°F
4/3mm wetsuit
San Luis Obispo County Forecast
Matt Kibby •Today
Fading size sticks around, especially at S Hemi exposures. Winds remain light in the morning.
Dawn to 10:00AM: Lingering NW swell is still good for waist-stomach high surf. SSW swell reinforcements have exposed breaks going chest-head high with overhead sets in the mix. If you surf the AM window, get in before the tide drains out late AM -- winds lightest then, too.
Afternoon Outlook: Similar size for the back half of the day, favorable tide push early PM with some crumble from building onshore W wind, trending moderate mid-PM and the 5' high tide will further soften up the surf.
Pismo Beach Pier Surf Forecast
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Pismo Beach Pier Surf Guide
One of the more consistent and shapely of all Central Coast beachbreaks, the Pismo Beach Pier is the hub of South County surfing. Cradled in the lee of Point San Luis and San Luis Obispo Bay, the Pier is in a slight northwest swell shadow, so it's usually smaller and less windy than the more exposed sandbars down around Oceano, but bigger than the Avila Beach area to the north.Pismo's south side is usually better than the north. Surfers are liberated to snuff out several miles' worth o... Read more