Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 21 Aug 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Morro Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Bay at 5PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)--
Afternoon (21 Aug)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (21 Aug)5ft (1.6m)8s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)14788888816151515151515151514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)490503476526566512543503463423385384420401377402382499459357535673486560
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
5
W
0
W
5
NNW
0
ESE
5
NW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
0
W
5
NW
5
W
0
SE
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
0
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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on
cross-
on
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on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
0.95
9:59PM
1.52
11:40AM
1.00
10:40PM
1.46
12:05PM
1.05
11:19PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.58
5:22AM
-0.12
4:51PM
0.53
5:55AM
-0.04
5:37PM
0.48
6:26AM
0.05
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:28-
Sunset-7:45-------7:44-------7:42------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282620212221222625231920201920242422171717161822
Feels °C (?)252420222221222624221920201921242321161717161921
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Morro Bay (light winds from the SW at Cal Poly Engineering 20 km from Morro Bay). 2.0m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.7m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
SW
0.0
15.1
Air / Water (°C)
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