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Surf Forecast - Central California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Friday, July 10, 2026 12:42 PM

Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead
Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North

Central California Surf Forecast
(Centered on exposed breaks outside Morro Bay)
Day Trend Wind
(kts)
Details
(Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile)
Waves
(Set wave max face height)
Swell Direction
Saturday
7/11

Holding

S 1-5 early Local northwest windswell fading from 3.8 ft @ 7-8 secs
New Zealand swell fading from 2.2 ft @ 14-15 secs
2.5 ft
2.5-3.0 ft
310 degrees
204-20 degs
Sunday
7/12

Up slightly

S 1-5 early New Zealand swell rebuilding to 2.2 ft @ 14-15 secs mid-day
3.0 ft 204-207 degs
Monday
7/13

Down some

NW 5+ early Local northwest windswell 3.0 ft @ 8 secs
New Zealand swell fading from 2.1 ft @ 13-14 secs early
2.0 ft
2.5-3.0 ft
310 degrees
203-206 degs
Tuesday
7/14

Down more

NW 5+ early Local northwest windswell 2.9 ft @ 8 secs
Southern hemi swell fading from 1.7 ft @ 12-13 secs
2.0 ft
2.0 ft
310 degrees
190 degs
Wednesday
7/15

Down some

NW 10 early Local northwest windswell building to 5.2 ft @ 6-7 secs later
Background Tasman Sea swell 1.1 ft @ 17 secs later
3.0 ft
1.5-2.0 ft
310 degrees
223 degs
Extended
Outlook
Up slightly --- A final gale developed SE of New Zealand Sun-Mon (6/29) with 37 ft seas aimed well NE with secondary fetch producing 32 ft seas over the SE Pacific on Wed (7/1). Swell hanging on Sat (7/11) and beyond. A cutoff gale is forecast over the Central S. Pacific Mon-Tues (7/14) with 33 ft seas aimed mostly north-northwest bypassing CA. Beyond the model suggests a storm pushing under New Zealand Thurs-Fri (7/17) with 39 ft seas aimed east, but fading before pushing into the SW Pacific proper.

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