Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 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
13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Morro Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Bay at 1AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.5
WNW
2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)12121211111111101010101010161616161414777715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5895396473133022224423613403393423482712542513263261247286229394167266209
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
N
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononglasscrossglassononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
0.80
2:32AM
1.50
6:11PM
0.85
3:39AM
1.40
7:05PM
0.93
4:55AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
0.75
10:46AM
-0.09
9:14PM
0.80
11:50AM
-0.06
11:28PM
0.76
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:22-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-7:40-------7:40-------7:42------
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C161513121110111516151312111112181916131313131416
Feels °C (?)12111110108101212109999915151291010111213
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