Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 15 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
14.4° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (16 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


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Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
2
NW
0.7
SSW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
0.6
SSW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)7715771477991010101010101016151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)236407188254266163299389673627578460419394327327277250234172169167218215
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
NW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossononglassglasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07PM
1.37
10:47AM
1.06
10:37PM
1.48
11:40AM
0.98
11:11PM
1.56
12:41PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
0.15
4:26PM
0.38
5:46AM
0.02
4:51PM
0.46
6:38AM
-0.06
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:30-------6:28-------6:26---
Sunset-------7:36-------7:37-------7:37
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141313121317171816161311131920171414131415191918
Feels °C (?)11111191114121312139791516141212101112181616
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