Morro Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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Morro Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Morro Beach sea temperature is
16.7° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Morro Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Beach at 3AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
1.3
W
1
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)9888713131313161512151414121414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)616241133553735353433824750424141306666333333343434
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
1.78
1:19PM
1.43
2:43AM
1.81
3:03PM
1.26
3:32AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56PM
0.61
8:10AM
1.06
7:32PM
0.81
9:50AM
0.97
8:12PM
0.98
11:14AM
0.81
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01
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. °C151514131315171817161514151519201918171717182122
Feels °C (?)1197669131412111110111116171413131212141719
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