Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 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
14.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
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
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010161615151515141414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)566522419360320292253250234172169167218215215213156173170163158141139139
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
NW
0
NNW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononglassglasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
0.98
11:11PM
1.56
12:41PM
0.91
11:50PM
1.61
1:50PM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
0.02
4:51PM
0.46
6:38AM
-0.06
5:19PM
0.54
7:34AM
-0.11
5:50PM
0.62
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:28-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:37-------7:38--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131113192017141414141520191714141413141717161312
Feels °C (?)979151614121111111218161413131311131514141211
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