Morro Rock surf break

Morro Rock surfForecast / CAL – San Luis Obispo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Morro Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Morro Rock at 1PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)10991010101010101010101010101010109105669
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117124168267386394347304277239239239178171139120117235133192591149271
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
E
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
W
0
W
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononcross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
1.37
8:51PM
1.71
9:59AM
1.44
9:32PM
1.69
10:22AM
1.50
10:09PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
0.55
3:37AM
-0.09
3:32PM
0.43
4:05AM
-0.03
4:08PM
0.33
4:30AM
0.07
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---7:06-------7:05-------7:02----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C172120191817171718202120171617171821222016161616
Feels °C (?)182220201918181819212120171517171820211915161616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Luis Obispo

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the WNW at Cal Poly Engineering 21 km from Morro Rock). 1.1m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the NW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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21 km away, 55 min ago

7 km/h
WNW
0.0
15.7
Air / Water (°C)
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