Morro Bay surf break

Morro Bay surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 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
12.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Morro Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Bay at 10PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)--
Afternoon (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
W
0.6
S
0.6
W
0.6
SSW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615151515151515151414141411131213121212121616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4464163163703873813093053053052152132011958912698139139139179175229226
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
NW
10
W
5
W
0
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassonglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:56PM
1.17
10:52AM
1.26
11:22PM
1.27
11:38AM
1.17
11:52PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
0.10
5:05AM
0.36
5:20PM
0.17
5:50AM
0.26
5:43PM
0.27
6:40AM
0.18
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------7:09-------7:07-------7:07-
Sunset-7:12-------7:13-------7:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292724222222222627242122222222283030262423212126
Feels °C (?)282624222222212726242222212121272929252322202026
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