Morro Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 03 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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 6AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (03 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
W
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.2
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)1188881010109910111312121111121099888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20243433317812515421223224524055647238930523540415713299737250
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
15
SW
0
N
10
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
2.60
10:13PM
1.63
9:03AM
2.54
10:56PM
1.66
9:49AM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
1.04
3:38PM
-0.16
2:46AM
1.02
4:21PM
-0.10
3:38AM
1.02
5:03PM
0.03
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----4:54-------4:55-------4:57--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1111-1--12111-----
Temp. °C161616161717161616161617171716161515151616151515
Feels °C (?)161716151616141414141515151415141514141515141414
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