In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/67 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Pismo Beach
Pismo Beach, California
Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California66°
92°/58°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Gentle breeze 9 mph ENE
Now. Pismo Beach is 66° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 65° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 67°. Rain is likely Wednesday (55%). Rain is possible Tuesday (46%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:40 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
62Air quality
27%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9258
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9065
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8258
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7254
16mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6750
46%
Wed
Oct 21
6750
55%
Thu
Oct 22
6750
17%
16mph
UV 6
66°
92°58°
90°65°
82°58°
72°54°
67°50°
67°50°
67°50°
As of 9:00 AM in Pismo Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Pismo Beach
Index 62, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Nipomo CDF (CA), 6 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good5.6 mi
- Ozone-47 ppb9.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)62Moderate5.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.4 ppb9.5 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pismo Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. 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 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 248°
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.
Today
- Surf height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- 64 to 66 °F
Waves at buoy 46011, Santa Maria
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSW (203°)
- Swell
- 3.9 ft at 15 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 3 s from ENE
- Water
- 68 °F
- Read
- Fri 8:50 AM
- 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (203°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 13 s | W (264°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 13 s | WSW (254°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 13 s | W (273°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (207°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (248°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (200°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SW (224°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (205°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (198°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | SW (226°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (194°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 15 s | SW (226°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SW (221°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | WNW (287°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 13 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (272°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (227°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | W (259°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | WNW (290°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 14 s | WNW (282°) |
Surf zone forecast
San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches. Issued 2:30 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Surf height | 3 to 6 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | 64 to 66 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | Mixed west swell and south swell | Mixed south swell and west swell |
| Tides | High 4.8 ft, 2:18 PMLow 0.7 ft, 10:50 PM | High 4.5 ft, 3:24 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:00 PM |
Tide
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
At an airfield/8.3 mi away/182 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Arroyo Grande RAWS Near Arroyo Grande CrARGC1
A remote fire weather station/12.6 mi away/623 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, 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
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Pismo Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Ednacommunity, 7 mi
- Los Ranchoscommunity, 7 mi
- Blacklakecommunity, 7 mi
- Avila Beachcommunity, 7 mi
- Woodlandscommunity, 8 mi
- Nipomocommunity, 10 mi
- San Luis Obispocity, 11 mi
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