Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 04 Jan 2026 PST
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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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Morro Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Bay at 6PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jan)--
Afternoon (04 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (04 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1413131312121110101099121212121111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33712887247718441200921617424331273251287736100511671076898790711634494452444387
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
W
5
W
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
1.69
12:46AM
0.94
11:16AM
1.57
1:24AM
1.01
12:07PM
1.42
2:02AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
-0.27
5:16AM
0.64
6:53PM
-0.18
6:21AM
0.63
7:32PM
-0.07
7:29AM
0.61
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset-5:04-------5:04-------5:05------
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
73--11----1-------------
Temp. °C131312121212111314141313121312151717141312121214
Feels °C (?)1010111110109101010999119131616131099911
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