Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 21 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
13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Morro Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Bay at 11AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111110101010101016161616141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)528751727677589589336313302226442361408459425600276254251326326253242282
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
10
WSW
5
S
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscrossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.57
4:31PM
0.80
2:32AM
1.50
6:11PM
0.85
3:39AM
1.40
7:05PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
-0.11
7:28PM
0.75
10:46AM
-0.09
9:14PM
0.80
11:50AM
-0.06
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--6:22-------6:22-------6:20-----
Sunset-----7:40-------7:40-------7:42--
rain showers
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11062111-----------------
Temp. °C131313151615131211101115161513131211131718161313
Feels °C (?)9121313121111101089131110910109111414121010
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