Morro Rock surf break

Morro Rock surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 08 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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 11PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)--
Evening (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s

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

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Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
WNW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161616151515141414141413131313131413131320
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3694360431972821256222051833161913581126934822663486400299249172212229282303280311
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
1.31
2:24PM
0.99
3:43AM
1.34
4:09PM
0.82
4:34AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.18
9:09AM
0.60
8:35PM
0.37
10:48AM
0.51
9:18PM
0.54
12:15PM
0.36
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----7:11-------7:11-------7:11--
Sunset-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1197668121310998811151511101099121616
Feels °C (?)75311481065534711116554471112
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