Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Morro Bay today (16 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 17s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Morro Bay at 1AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Morro Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 251 | 212 | 160 | 131 | 128 | 103 | 122 | 121 | 122 | 197 | 193 | 147 | 198 | 291 | 288 | 288 | 215 | 196 | 188 | 188 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | cross | on | on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 1:53PM1.32m | 3:16AM0.77m | 2:36PM1.29m | 5:03AM0.72m | 3:26PM1.26m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:23PM0.21m | 7:17AM0.65m | 10:33PM0.20m | 6:30AM0.72m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 15 |
Feels °C | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 |
| kJ | 251 | 212 | 160 | 131 | 128 | 103 | 94 | 73 | 84 | 90 | 108 | 103 | 84 | 73 | 288 | 288 | 215 | 196 | 188 | 188 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 21 | S 12 | SW 21 | S 12 |
| kJ | 124 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 122 | 121 | 122 | 197 | 193 | 147 | 198 | 291 | 54 | 54 | 116 | 45 | 162 | 42 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | NW 11 | SW 21 | NW 11 | SW 21 |
| kJ | 23 | 80 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 113 | 107 | 106 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 53 | 71 | 160 | 116 | 30 | 162 | 30 | 160 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 111 | 111 | 92 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 110 | 204 | 112 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 110 | 142 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 142 | 122 | 25 | 6 |
Best forecast wave conditions in San Luis Obispo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Morro Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest