Morro Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
20.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)161515151515151514141414141414141413131313141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41638528728328729428320920320327627620614413613613213012818418413112178
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
20
S
5
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
1.68
7:01PM
2.11
8:33AM
1.77
7:47PM
2.14
8:56AM
1.85
8:28PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
1.08
2:01AM
0.22
1:50PM
0.93
2:34AM
0.24
2:29PM
0.79
3:02AM
0.31
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise6:35-------6:35-------6:37-------
Sunset---6:54-------6:53-------6:52----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-111---------------
Temp. °C212021212121232324242323222121202021212120202019
Feels °C (?)221922222222232426262324242323222223212221222221
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent clean conditions at Morro Beach have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (light winds from the SSW at Costa Mesa Airport 13 km from Morro Beach). 0.5m 15s groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the WSW and a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km/h
SSW
Onshore
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