Morro Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, ol’ Rusty here lookin’ at the charts, and I gotta be straight with you. We’ve got a long stretch ahead but the start is a bit of a slow one. The first real surf worth paddling out for shows up Saturday the 29th of August, but even that’s touch and go.

The first few days are a real struggle. The swell is mostly in that 2 to 3 feet range and coming from the SSW, but the wind is a constant pain in the neck. Almost every session has a cross-onshore breeze, making the surface bumpy and the waves messy. The combined energy is there but weak to moderate, like around 224 to 400, but the wind messes up what little shape there is. The water temp is sitting at 74°F, which is a massive 7°F warmer than normal for this time of year, so you’ll be sweating in your wettie.

Saturday morning, August 29th, is your best shot in this whole run. Morro Beach – a little reef break that’s fairly consistent – will have a 3 ft SSW groundswell with a clean 17-second period. That’s a long period groundswell, meaning good energy but you’ll be waiting for the sets. The water is much warmer than normal. The wind is a light offshore from the SW, so the face should be glassy and clean. The rating is decent, but the overall score is a 1 out of 10, so keep expectations low. The crowd profile says it’s often busy, so expect some company. The combined energy is a moderate 650, which backs up that it’s not a total washout. After that, it’s all downhill. Sunday the 30th through to the end of the first week is mostly “poor surf conditions” across the board.

Moving into the second week, from September 1st, the swell drops and the winds stay bad. Tuesday afternoon the 8th of September sees a bump to 4 ft SSW swell, but that’s met with a moderate 12 mph cross-onshore wind from the W, making it a choppy, blown-out mess. That’s only for experts if it’s even rideable. The rest of the week just fades into tiny 2 ft to 2 ft slop. The combined energy drops to low two-digit numbers like 144 to 332, just weak, hardly any push. The wind remains a mix of cross-onshore and light onshore all the way through to Sunday the 13th of September.

Honestly, for the whole 16-day window, the only highlight is that Saturday morning, August 29th. If you’re a patient intermediate, it’s worth a look for a clean, glassy 3 ft wave. Otherwise, it’s a long stretch of flat or angry ocean. It’ll pick up eventually, it always does, but this run looks pretty grim.

Stay safe out there, and keep your eyes on the horizon.

Rusty

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