Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 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
14.4° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (16 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)777799101010101010101615151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282289316419732614566443427386327327272250234172169167218215215213156173
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
15
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
SW
10
W
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossonononglasscrosscrosscrossglassononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
1.06
10:37PM
1.48
11:40AM
0.98
11:11PM
1.56
12:41PM
0.91
11:50PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
0.38
5:46AM
0.02
4:51PM
0.46
6:38AM
-0.06
5:19PM
0.54
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:30-------6:28-------6:26-------
Sunset---7:36-------7:37-------7:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121718191616131113192018141414141520191815141413
Feels °C (?)91413141213969151515121211111218161614121312
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