Lighthouse · San Luis Obispo, California

Point San Luis Lighthouse

Point San Luis Lighthouse
Photo: Voyacantar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The 40 ft (12 m) tower is dark now. The working light, one white flash every 5 seconds, stands nearby, about 40 m away. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Open in the viewer from Piedras Blancas Lighthouse →

Quick facts

TypeLighthouse
Height12.2 m (40 ft)
LightFl W 5s
Position35.1604°N, 120.7608°W
From Piedras Blancas Lighthouse74 km (46 mi), bearing 140° SE
SourceNOAA ENC; USCG Light List Vol. VI 225; National Register 91001093

How to see it

Above water but beyond the horizon from Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, 74 km (46 mi) away: the curve of the earth hides it. CoastFinder draws it faintly and marks it hidden, with its bearing and distance.

On the website for now. California's lighthouses are in the web viewer first, and they are coming to the CoastFinder app, which covers the North Carolina coast today. Follow @coastfinderapp to hear when California arrives.

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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.