Cayucos · San Luis Obispo County · California
Cayucos Surf Report & Forecast, California
Cayucos, California: 4–5 ft, head high, at 4 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Good. The main swell is 4.8 ft at 15 seconds from the west-southwest, with a 9 mph cross-shore wind from the northwest, gusting 14 mph. Water is about 69°F, so a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.4 ft at 4:18 pm.
4–5 ft
head high · occasional 6 ft
- Swell
- 4.8 ft · 15 s · WSW
- Wind
- 9 mph (NW), gusts 14cross-shore
- Tide
- -0.3 ft risinglow -0.4 ft at 4:18 pm
- Water
- 69°F2mm springsuit
- Air
- 72°Ffeels like 71°F
- Sun
- rise 6:33 amset 5:01 pm
Cayucos surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Cayucos: 10 am, Good, on a falling high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Cayucos: 9 am, Great, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 5–6 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 15 | 4.4 ft |
| 7 am | 5–6 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 15 | 5.2 ft |
| 8 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 15 | 5.9 ft |
| 9 am | 5–6 ft | Good | 7 mph offshore (NE), gusts 13 | 6.1 ft |
| 10 am | 5–6 ft | Good | 6 mph offshore (NNE), gusts 11 | 5.9 ft |
| 11 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph offshore (NNE) | 5.0 ft |
| 12 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph offshore (N) | 3.8 ft |
| 1 pm | 5–6 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 10 | 2.4 ft |
| 2 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 12 | 1.1 ft |
| 3 pm | 5–6 ft | Good | 9 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 15 | 0.1 ft |
| 4 pmnow | 4–5 ft | Good | 9 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 14 | -0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 13 | -0.2 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 11 mph offshore (NNE), gusts 19 | 3.9 ft |
| 7 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 11 mph offshore (NNE), gusts 20 | 4.8 ft |
| 8 am | 4 ft | Good | 12 mph offshore (NE), gusts 21 | 5.5 ft |
| 9 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 12 mph offshore (NE), gusts 22 | 5.9 ft |
| 10 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 12 mph offshore (NE), gusts 22 | 5.9 ft |
| 11 am | 4 ft | Good | 12 mph offshore (NE), gusts 22 | 5.4 ft |
| 12 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 11 mph offshore (NE), gusts 20 | 4.4 ft |
| 1 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 10 mph offshore (NE), gusts 18 | 3.1 ft |
| 2 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 9 mph offshore (NE), gusts 16 | 1.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (N), gusts 14 | 0.6 ft |
| 4 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 7 mph offshore (N), gusts 13 | -0.2 ft |
| 5 pm | 4 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (N), gusts 14 | -0.4 ft |
Cayucos waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 4 pm, sets at Cayucos arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 5.3 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 42 s
- Lulls
- about 192 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 31% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- moderate, about 0.8 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Cayucos surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Cayucos: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 5–12 ft, and the best-rated day is Friday, Nov 13 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 5–12 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 2–8 ft and Great.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Cayucos are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 4–6 ft | Good | 5.2 ft · 15 s · WSW | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 15 | 7 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 12 | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 3–5 ft | Great | 3.4 ft · 13 s · WSW | 12 mph offshore (NE), gusts 21 | 9 mph offshore (NE), gusts 16 | 9 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 3–4 ft | Good | 3.4 ft · 14 s · WSW | 7 mph offshore (NE), gusts 12 | 4 mph onshore (S) | 9 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 3–7 ft | Good | 2.3 ft · 13 s · W | calm | 9 mph onshore (SW), gusts 17 | 9 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 4–8 ft | Great | 4.8 ft · 15 s · W | calm | 9 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 14 | 8 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 5–12 ft | Great | 6.1 ft · 15 s · WSW | 5 mph offshore (N) | 10 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 17 | 10 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 2–8 ft | Great | 5.7 ft · 17 s · W | calm | 8 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 16 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 7–11 ft | Great | 4.1 ft · 15 s · W | 10 mph offshore (N), gusts 18 | 13 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 23 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 6–8 ft | Great | — | 5 mph offshore (NNE) | 9 mph cross-shore (NW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 1–4 ft | Good | — | calm | 17 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Cayucos are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Cayucos tide chart and tide times
Tides at Cayucos today, Monday, Nov 9: low 2.6 ft at 2:46 am, high 6.1 ft at 8:57 am, low -0.4 ft at 4:18 pm and high 4.0 ft at 10:57 pm. At 4 pm the tide is -0.3 ft and rising.
Cayucos tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 2.6 ft at 2:46 amHigh 6.1 ft at 8:57 amLow -0.4 ft at 4:18 pmHigh 4.0 ft at 10:57 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.7 ft at 3:22 amHigh 6.0 ft at 9:29 amLow -0.4 ft at 4:54 pmHigh 3.8 ft at 11:47 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 2.9 ft at 3:46 amHigh 5.8 ft at 9:58 amLow -0.1 ft at 5:39 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 3.7 ft at 12:51 amLow 3.2 ft at 4:06 amHigh 5.7 ft at 10:33 amLow 0.2 ft at 6:23 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 3.7 ft at 1:58 amLow 3.5 ft at 4:39 amHigh 5.6 ft at 11:09 amLow 0.5 ft at 7:13 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 3.8 ft at 3:13 amLow 3.7 ft at 5:25 amHigh 5.3 ft at 11:51 amLow 0.6 ft at 8:07 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 3.9 ft at 4:18 amLow 3.7 ft at 6:50 amHigh 4.8 ft at 12:41 pmLow 0.6 ft at 8:59 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 3.9 ft at 5:02 amLow 3.5 ft at 8:52 amHigh 4.2 ft at 1:48 pmLow 0.7 ft at 9:46 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.2 ft at 5:24 amLow 3.2 ft at 10:35 amHigh 3.9 ft at 3:11 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Cayucos water temperature
The water temperature at Cayucos is about 69°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 71°F and a 9 mph wind, a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 69 and 71°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Cayucos
- Morro Strand4.3 mi SSE · 8–9 ft · Fair
- Morro Bay5.2 mi SSE · 7–8 ft · Fair
- Morro Rock5.5 mi SSE · 9–10 ft · Fair
- Hazard Canyon11 mi S · 11–13 ft · Poor
- Spooner's Cove12 mi S · 7–8 ft · Poor
- Moonstone Beach15 mi NW · 8–9 ft · Fair
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About Cayucos
Cayucos is a pier in Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, California, facing southwest. Also called Cayucos Pier.
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