Morro Bay Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
FAIR TO GOOD

Surf Height

3-4FT+

Waist to shoulder

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

5.5FT7s
NW306º
3.9FT20s
S191º
1.3FT14s
SW224º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

2KTSENE

2kts gusts, Offshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

3.2FT

Temperature

53°F

spotName Wind & Weather
55ºF

4/3mm wetsuit

Chris Borg

San Luis Obispo County Forecast

Chris Borg •

Today

Healthy S Southern Hemi peaks at exposures today. Wind staying on the lighter side this morning.

Dawn-10:00AM: Selective, long-period SSW Southern Hemi swell rises, as a modest scale NW swell joins in. By the later morning, chest to head high+ surf is showing at well exposed summertime spots, while standouts are going overhead. Winds are light/variable in the early morning, shifting WNW by mid AM.

Afternoon Outlook: Waves edge up for the back half of the day as SSW swell peaks. WNW winds rise to moderate by mid afternoon, then the onshores gradually lighten into the end of the day.

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Morro Bay Surf Guide

The northernmost of the volcanic peaks spanning from the city of San Luis Obispo to Morro Bay, 576-foot-tall Morro Rock (also called the Gibraltar of the Pacific) exists in a state preserve for the nesting of the endangered peregrine falcon -- so surfing on the rock's north side is the closest you'll ever come to this intriguing monolith. Because the beach faces due west, any and every kind of swell hits the sandbars of Morro Rock, occasionally converting an ordinary California beachbreak into a... Read more