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Pismo Beach, California

Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California

Air quality

The air at Pismo Beach

Index 57, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Nipomo CDF (CA), 6 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate5.6 mi
  • Ozone-29 ppb9.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)57Moderate5.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide9Good10.3 ppb9.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pismo Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pismo Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

SatSun
Pismo Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 11:24 PM, night, clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.230240250260Facing WSW 248°Wind 11 mphfrom ENE, offshoreSwell 4.5 ft from SLongshore current, to the right
Looking WSW from the sand at 11:24 PM, night, clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 248°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46011, 24.1 mi away.

This afternoon through saturday

Surf height
3 to 6 feet
Water temperature
65 to 68 °F

Waves at buoy 46011, Santa Maria

Wave height
3.9 ft
Period
15 s
From
S (184°)
Swell
3.6 ft at 15 s from S
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from W
Water
68 °F
Read
Fri 10:50 PM
Distance
24.1 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 46011, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.3 ft to 6.2 ft; 3.9 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM3.9 ftWave height at buoy 46011, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.3 ft to 6.2 ft; 3.9 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonFriNoon3.9 ft
Significant wave height from 3.3 ft to 6.2 ft; 3.9 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 10:50 PM3.9 ft15 sS (184°)
Fri 9:50 PM3.3 ft12 sWNW (286°)
Fri 8:50 PM3.3 ft15 sS (183°)
Fri 7:50 PM3.3 ft14 sSSW (206°)
Fri 6:50 PM3.6 ft14 sSW (220°)
Fri 5:50 PM3.3 ft15 sS (179°)
Fri 4:50 PM3.3 ft14 sSSW (202°)
Fri 3:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSW (207°)
Fri 2:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSSW (197°)
Fri 1:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSSW (193°)
Fri 12:50 PM3.9 ft14 sWSW (248°)
Fri 11:50 AM3.9 ft15 sS (188°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.9 ft13 sW (263°)
Fri 9:50 AM3.9 ft12 sWNW (301°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSSW (203°)
Fri 7:50 AM4.3 ft13 sW (264°)
Fri 6:50 AM3.6 ft13 sWSW (254°)
Fri 5:50 AM3.9 ft13 sW (273°)
Fri 4:50 AM4.3 ft15 sSSW (207°)
Fri 3:50 AM4.3 ft14 sWSW (248°)
Fri 2:50 AM4.3 ft14 sWSW (244°)
Fri 1:50 AM4.3 ft15 sSSW (200°)
Fri 12:50 AM4.6 ft15 sSW (224°)
Thu 11:50 PM4.9 ft15 sSSW (205°)

Surf zone forecast

San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches. Issued 1:26 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastThis afternoon through saturdaySunday
Surf height3 to 6 feet5 to 8 feet
Water temperature65 to 68 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksMixed south swell and west swellMixed west swell and south swell
TidesHigh 4.5 ft, 3:24 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:00 PMHigh 3.8 ft, 8:08 AMLow 3.6 ft, 11:48 AMHigh 4.3 ft, 5:00 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:57 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM, High 3.8 ft at Sun 8:08 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:48 AM, High 4.3 ft at Sun 5:00 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sun 11:57 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSun6 AMNoon6 PMMon4.5 ft3:24 PM0.7 ft11:00 PM3.8 ft8:08 AM3.6 ft11:48 AM4.3 ft5:00 PM0.7 ft11:57 PMTideHigh 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM, High 3.8 ft at Sun 8:08 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:48 AM, High 4.3 ft at Sun 5:00 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sun 11:57 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSunNoon4.5 ft3:24 PM0.7 ft11:00 PM3.8 ft8:08 AM3.6 ft11:48 AM4.3 ft5:00 PM0.7 ft11:57 PM
Tide. High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM, High 3.8 ft at Sun 8:08 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:48 AM, High 4.3 ft at Sun 5:00 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sun 11:57 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
San Luis Obispo County
State
California
Latitude
35.1180° N
Longitude
120.6348° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pismo Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station AK6OSAK6OS

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/67 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

San Luis ObispoSBP

At an airfield/8.3 mi away/182 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Pismo Beach 2.7 ECA-SL-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/183 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Pismo BeachPISC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/65 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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