Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
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Morro Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Morro Bay sea temperature is
13.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Morro Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Bay at 9AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

Table - waves today at Morro Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.7
WNW
0.7
S
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131313814131212121212127788101010186
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137154154151151151149342528839727677589436336265246256208486468562300319
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
NW
5
SSE
15
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
NNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
1.61
3:02PM
0.80
1:31AM
1.57
4:31PM
0.80
2:32AM
1.50
6:11PM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
-0.12
6:30PM
0.69
9:37AM
-0.11
7:28PM
0.75
10:46AM
-0.09
9:14PM
0.80
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:24-------6:22-------6:22-----
Sunset-----7:39-------7:40-------7:40--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------210102211---------
Temp. °C121113171716141414121314141412121110101515151212
Feels °C (?)119121313131212131212121110101098813101089
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