Pismo Beach, California Weather
Pismo Beach, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pismo Beach. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pismo Beach is published on the Oceano County Airport (KL52) page, 5 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Pismo Beach have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Pismo Beach: San Luis County Regional Airport (KSBP) 10 km · Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (KSMX) 32 km · Vandenberg Space Force Base (KVBG) 45 km · Lompoc Airport (KLPC) 55 km · Paso Robles Municipal Airport (KPRB) 59 km
Conditions reported at KL52 describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pismo Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Pismo Beach, California
Pismo Beach unfurls along the California coast, a ribbon of golden sand meeting the restless Pacific. It lies 9.7 miles south of San Luis Obispo, CA (from San Luis Obispo, CA: bearing 174°T), and is situated 3.3 miles west-north-west of Arroyo Grande. The air here carries the tang of salt and the faint, sweet perfume of eucalyptus, a scent that clings to the wind-scoured bluffs and the low, scrubby hills that rise behind the town. Waves, born in distant oceanic currents, crash and recede with a steady, hypnotic rhythm, leaving behind slick, dark ribbons on the wet sand and a fine mist that settles on everything, softening the sharp edges of the day. Seagulls, their cries a perpetual, sharp punctuation, wheel and dive against a sky that often shifts through a thousand shades of blue and grey, lending a mercurial beauty to the landscape. The beach itself, wide and accommodating, stretches for miles, inviting long walks where the sand underfoot transitions from firm, damp packed earth near the water’s edge to soft, dry powder further inland. Historically, Pismo Beach owes its existence and early prosperity to the rich clam beds that once teemed in its bay, giving the town its very name and fueling a vibrant clamming industry that drew visitors and workers alike. While the clams have long since diminished, the spirit of resourcefulness persists, now channelled into tourism and a burgeoning wine industry in the surrounding San Luis Obispo County. The iconic pier, a weathered sentinel jutting into the sea, remains a focal point, a place where anglers cast their lines and couples stroll as the sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky in fiery hues. The town retains a laid-back charm, a place where the pace of life seems dictated more by the tides than by the clock, and where the scent of barbecue and the murmur of conversation drift from open doorways, especially on warm summer evenings.
Live animated radar for Pismo Beach and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.142753°N, 120.641283°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93449, 93448 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pismo Beach, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pismo Beach, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Pismo Beach includes coordinates 35.142753°N, 120.641283°W, situated in San Luis Obispo County. ZIP code 93449, 93448. Telephone area code: 805. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
