Morro Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s happening for Morro Beach over the next 16 days.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this stretch is looking pretty flat and uninspiring for quite a while. The whole 16-day window is a real struggle to find anything rideable. For the first several days, from Monday the 3rd through to at least the following week, the swell is tiny, mostly around 1ft to 2ft, with poor surf conditions flagged across the board. The wind is often light and onshore or cross-onshore, which doesn’t help. The water temperature is 73°, which is a whopping 7° warmer than average for this time of year – that’s very unusual, so you’ll be swimming in unseasonably warm water, but there’s just no wave energy to enjoy it.

The combined swell energy is weak, reading mostly between 94 and 331, which tells you there’s just not much power in the water. The swell period does get up to 19 seconds on a couple of occasions, like the morning of Friday 7th August, but it’s still only 2ft – that’s a long-period groundswell that would be better suited to a point or reef, but even then, the size is just too small to break properly.

There’s a brief glimmer around the 14th and 15th of August when the combined energy jumps to 475 and 517, and the swell height nudges up to 2ft and 3ft, but the wind is still cross-onshore, the surf is still classed as poor, and the period drops to 15-16 seconds. It’s just not enough to get excited about. The entire forecast is a write-off for decent waves – no standout sessions, no good options. If you’re a kite surfer, the light winds and small swell might offer something, but for paddle surfing, it’s a blank run.

Honestly, this is one of those periods where you’d be better off checking the forecast again in a few days – things can change, but right now, there’s nothing worth paddling out for.

Rusty.

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