Pismo & Oceano Dunes
Pismo Beach · near Pismo Beach · Central Coast
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–fall (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Cold-ish (mid-50s–60s°F) — 4/3 wetsuit
What is here
- Amenities
- Long wide beach · Cross-shore wind · Room to spread out · Classic beach town
- Best for
- Beach riding with lots of room
- Features
- Miles of wide open beach · Reliable NW afternoon wind · Room for everyone · Classic Central Coast beach town
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Shore break & rips · Vehicle beach (Oceano — mind traffic) · Cold water · Crowds/beachgoers
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- Yes
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- kite · windsurf · wing
- Conditions
- waves
- Venue
- ocean
- Wind kt
- 18
- Wind
- NW, 12–25 kt afternoons — cross/side-shore over a long flat beach
- Intl tip
- Miles of wide flat beach — reliable cross-shore NW (12–25 kt), room for all levels. Easy launching; rarely feels crowded. Lessons available. Cold water (4/3). Part of Oceano is a vehicle beach — mind traffic. Shore break/rips when swell's up. Combine with Pismo's pier (fishing guide) and dunes. Great for progression with space.
The guide
The vast, flat beaches of Pismo and the Oceano Dunes offer wide-open wind-sports riding on the Central Coast, where a reliable …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Pismo & Oceano Dunes — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.1, -120.63