Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 08 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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.8°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 1AM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)16s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
NW
2.4
WNW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161616151515141414141413131313131414131320
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37393456319728212594223318571550137711421016834663548406299249215170226210253235314
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
1.20
2:54PM
0.89
4:08AM
1.25
4:16PM
0.75
4:53AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47PM
0.21
10:04AM
0.52
9:28PM
0.35
11:18AM
0.41
10:14PM
0.48
12:22PM
0.30
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----7:11-------7:11-------7:11--
Sunset-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C119866812131099881115151110101010121616
Feels °C (?)65411481064533711116555571111
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