Morro Rock surf break

Morro Rock surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 PST
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Morro Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Morro Rock sea temperature is
14.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Morro Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Rock at 6AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (20 Jan)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)141413181716161615151414141313131313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)334379336437433463590671588669980966780713623623613499439361355355368225
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
0
NE
5
SW
5
SSE
5
E
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
E
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NW
5
S
0
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassoffglassoffcrossglasscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.13
10:23AM
1.70
11:59PM
1.18
10:59AM
1.60
12:28AM
1.23
11:38AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
0.59
5:29PM
-0.19
4:59AM
0.57
5:57PM
-0.10
5:46AM
0.55
6:25PM
0.02
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---7:09-------7:09-------7:09----
Sunset-----5:17-------5:19-------5:20--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151415182019181615151516161414141413131517161414
Feels °C (?)131112171818171513131314151313141312121415141313
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