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California

Pismo Beach Pier

beachtide: mid

2.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

4.3ft

9s period

Swell

WNW

293°

Windcross-off

4 mph

ESE

Tide

2.2 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

46% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

WNW

6.6ft

7s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WNW

4.5ft

9s

74%

P2 (secondary)

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 247°

WindENE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46218

Hs8.5 ft

Tp11s

Dir

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

4.4

10s

WNW292°

4mphoffshore

1.0ft↓

5am

4.3

10s

WNW291°

4mphcross

0.2ft↑

8am

4.5

7s

WNW294°

4mphcross

2.7ft↑

11am

4.4

7s

WNW293°

7mphonshore

3.6ft↓

2pm

3.1

11s

WNW289°

14mphcross-on

1.8ft↑

5pm

3.3

13s

WSW245°

10mphcross-on

2.0ft↑

8pm

2.9

13s

WSW241°

5mphcross

5.1ft↑

11pm

5.4

12s

WSW244°

1mphcross-off

5.4ft

Fri, May 15

2am

5.9

9s

WNW295°

3mphoffshore

1.5ft↓

5am

5.9

9s

WNW295°

3mphcross-off

-0.7ft↑

8am

5.3

12s

WSW243°

2mphcross

1.6ft↑

11am

1.4

14s

SSW195°

5mphonshore

3.8ft↓

2pm

1.5

14s

SSW195°

12mphcross-on

2.5ft↓

5pm

1.5

14s

SSW195°

10mphcross

2.0ft↑

8pm

1.6

14s

SSW195°

16mphcross

4.9ft↑

11pm

1.7

14s

SSW197°

12mphcross

6.2ft

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WSW

2.4ft

12s

21%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

1.2ft

15s

5%

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Water57°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:56:00 AM

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