Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 30 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
14.6° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (31 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (31 Jan)4ft (1.2m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
W
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
W
3
WNW
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121218171616161515181717161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10419037426927947817687236629179521255135815811951192451475118526251334704431838423406
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
N
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23PM
0.87
8:46AM
1.67
10:53PM
0.93
9:33AM
1.63
11:24PM
0.99
10:17AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
0.65
4:25PM
-0.26
3:32AM
0.59
5:04PM
-0.22
4:25AM
0.55
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:01--
Sunset-------5:30-------5:30-------5:31
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191716161619232118171615151821211716151413162120
Feels °C (?)16141313131721181716151312161718151311109131817
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