Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Morro Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Bay at 5AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
SSW
1.1
NW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1515151515151410101010101010101010101014141395
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28728729128721220915422527234734730427724324318522517816814213612116185
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
SSW
5
S
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglassglassononglassoncross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
1.40
10:10AM
1.03
9:04PM
1.37
10:31AM
1.09
9:49PM
1.32
10:52AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:34AM
-0.06
3:16PM
0.54
4:11AM
-0.02
4:05PM
0.45
4:44AM
0.06
4:49PM
0.38
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:06-------7:05-------7:02
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C171716161720212117171716172020191616161617212119
Feels °C (?)171817171821212118171716182019181616151516201917
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Morro Bay (calm at Cal Poly Engineering 20 km from Morro Bay). 0.7m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.6m 7s swell from the WNW and a 0.6m 10s swell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0 km/h
WNW
0.0
15.7
Air / Water (°C)
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