Pismo Beach · San Luis Obispo County · California
Pismo Beach Surf Report & Forecast, California
Pismo Beach, California: 7–9 ft, overhead to well overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 6.8 ft at 15 seconds from the west, with calm wind. Water is about 70°F, so a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.4 ft at 4:11 pm.
7–9 ft
overhead to well overhead · occasional 10 ft
- Swell
- 6.8 ft · 15 s · W
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 3.6 ft fallinglow -0.4 ft at 4:11 pm
- Water
- 70°F2mm jacket
- Air
- 72°Ffeels like 71°F
- Sun
- rise 6:31 amset 5:01 pm
Pismo Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Pismo Beach: 6 am, Great, on a rising 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 Pismo Beach: 7 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 4.3 ft |
| 7 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 5.2 ft |
| 8 am | 8–9 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 5.9 ft |
| 9 am | 8–9 ft | Great | calm | 6.1 ft |
| 10 am | 7–9 ft | Great | calm | 5.8 ft |
| 11 am | 7–9 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 4.9 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 7–8 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 10 | 3.6 ft |
| 1 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 11 | 2.2 ft |
| 2 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 11 | 0.9 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 14 | 0.0 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 9 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 14 | -0.4 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 8 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 14 | -0.2 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 5–6 ft | Great | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 16 | 4.0 ft |
| 7 am | 5–6 ft | Great | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 16 | 4.8 ft |
| 8 am | 5–6 ft | Great | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 16 | 5.6 ft |
| 9 am | 5–6 ft | Great | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 17 | 6.0 ft |
| 10 am | 5–6 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 16 | 5.9 ft |
| 11 am | 5 ft | Good | 7 mph offshore (NE), gusts 14 | 5.3 ft |
| 12 pm | 5 ft | Good | 7 mph offshore (NE), gusts 13 | 4.3 ft |
| 1 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 6 mph offshore (NNE), gusts 11 | 2.9 ft |
| 2 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 6 mph offshore (NNE), gusts 11 | 1.6 ft |
| 3 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 11 | 0.5 ft |
| 4 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 9 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 15 | -0.2 ft |
| 5 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 9 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 15 | -0.4 ft |
Pismo Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Pismo Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 8.6 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 43 s
- Lulls
- about 142 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 68% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- moderate, about 0.6 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Pismo Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Pismo Beach: the biggest day is Monday, Nov 9 at 6–9 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 9 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 6–8 ft and Good; Sunday, Nov 15, 5–8 ft and Great.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Pismo Beach 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 | 6–9 ft | Great | 6.4 ft · 15 s · W | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 6 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 11 | 9 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 4–6 ft | Great | 4.2 ft · 13 s · W | 8 mph offshore (NE), gusts 16 | 6 mph offshore (NNE), gusts 11 | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 4–6 ft | Great | 4.3 ft · 13 s · W | 4 mph offshore (ENE) | calm | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 3–6 ft | Good | 2.6 ft · 13 s · W | 3 mph cross-shore (ESE) | 8 mph onshore (SSW), gusts 16 | 10 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 5–6 ft | Great | 4.8 ft · 15 s · W | calm | 10 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 17 | 8 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 6–8 ft | Good | 5.6 ft · 16 s · W | 10 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 19 | 7 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 13 | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 5–8 ft | Great | 6.9 ft · 17 s · W | calm | 10 mph onshore (W), gusts 22 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 6–8 ft | Fair | 4.9 ft · 15 s · W | 14 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 30 | 14 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 28 | 4 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 4–7 ft | Good | — | 12 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 24 | 14 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 20 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 2–4 ft | Good | — | 6 mph offshore (NE) | 10 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 15 | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Pismo Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Pismo Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Pismo Beach today, Monday, Nov 9: low 2.4 ft at 2:40 am, high 6.1 ft at 8:54 am, low -0.4 ft at 4:11 pm and high 4.0 ft at 10:47 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 3.6 ft and falling.
Pismo Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 2.4 ft at 2:40 amHigh 6.1 ft at 8:54 amLow -0.4 ft at 4:11 pmHigh 4.0 ft at 10:47 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.7 ft at 3:16 amHigh 6.0 ft at 9:24 amLow -0.4 ft at 4:47 pmHigh 3.8 ft at 11:41 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 3.0 ft at 3:38 amHigh 5.8 ft at 9:51 amLow -0.2 ft at 5:32 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 3.5 ft at 12:40 amLow 3.1 ft at 3:58 amHigh 5.7 ft at 10:28 amLow 0.2 ft at 6:17 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 3.7 ft at 1:49 amLow 3.5 ft at 4:32 amHigh 5.6 ft at 11:03 amLow 0.5 ft at 7:08 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 3.8 ft at 3:07 amLow 3.7 ft at 5:12 amHigh 5.2 ft at 11:45 amLow 0.6 ft at 8:02 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 3.8 ft at 4:15 amLow 3.7 ft at 6:39 amHigh 4.7 ft at 12:36 pmLow 0.6 ft at 8:55 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 3.8 ft at 4:58 amLow 3.4 ft at 8:44 amHigh 4.1 ft at 1:43 pmLow 0.6 ft at 9:41 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.0 ft at 5:20 amLow 3.1 ft at 10:30 amHigh 3.8 ft at 3:06 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Pismo Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Pismo Beach is about 70°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 71°F and a 2 mph wind, a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 70 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 Pismo Beach
- Oceano2.9 mi SSE · 9–11 ft · Great
- Shell Beach3.0 mi WNW · 6–7 ft · Great
- Pirate's Cove4.6 mi WNW · 5–6 ft · Great
- Avila Beach5.5 mi WNW · 4–5 ft · Good
- Oso Flaco7.7 mi S · 11–12 ft · Great
- Guadalupe Dunes13 mi S · 15–17 ft · Great
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About Pismo Beach
Pismo Beach is a pier in Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, facing west-southwest. Also called Pismo Pier and Pismo.
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