Morro Rock Beach
San Luis Obispo · San Luis Obispo County · California
Visibility Breakdown
Visibility by position
Solid = diver report · outlined = today's forecast
Break Zone: The range of water where the waves break and sediment is stirred up.
Post Break: The range past where any waves are forming, where the water starts to have a significant increase in visibility. There might be some sediment here, but swell energy is diffused and the water is calmer.
Open Water: This zone is far out enough from the shore that the water is at its clearest. It’s deep enough that sediment is not disturbed by the wave energy at the surface. Haze can sit near the surface, so the water is usually clearer the deeper you go.
Through the day
Today's visibility readings at this spot, shown at the hour each one was taken.
Every bar is a reading for the Post Break zone.
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Coastal Bulletin
About Morro Rock Beach
Why it reads 0–4 ft
Today's forecast runs
Dawn is the clearest window — onshore wind picks up by late morning and surface chop stirs the bottom through the afternoon.
Medium confidence
7-Day Forecast
Today is the live headline above. Tomorrow onward is the algorithm's forecast from predicted swell, wind, and rain, updated each morning and at 6 PM Pacific.
Map and parking
Free parking lot on Coleman Drive just north of Morro Rock with restrooms. The Pit, the surf break parking area, sits at the south end of Atascadero Road.
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About Morro Rock Beach
Morro Rock Beach is the open-ocean sand beach on the seaward side of Morro Rock, the 576-foot volcanic plug at the entrance to Morro Bay Harbor. The rock is the youngest and shortest of the Nine Sisters chain of volcanic plugs running from San Luis Obispo to the coast. A causeway connects it to the mainland and ends at a small parking area on its north end. The beach runs north from the rock for roughly half a mile to the south end of Morro Strand State Beach. The rock itself is closed to climbing year-round as a peregrine falcon nesting site, and the sand at its base is a designated snowy plover nesting area with seasonal closures.
Species found here
Researched habitat and range candidates. A listed species may be seasonal or depth-limited; this is not a confirmed sighting at this location.
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