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Surf Forecast - Central California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Thursday, January 22, 2026 1:58 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
Friday
1/23

Down some

NW 5 early Background swell 2.4 ft @ 14-15 secs early with northwest windswell intermixed 3.0 ft 295 degrees
Saturday
1/24

Up barely

NE 1-5 early Background swell 3.4 ft @ 14 secs with locally generating northwest winds intermixed. 4.5 ft 290 degrees
Sunday
1/25

Down some

E 1-5 early Background swell fading from 3.1 ft @ 13-14 secs early 4.0 ft 285 degrees
Monday
1/26

Down more

E 5 early Windswell 2.0 ft @ 11 secs 2.0 ft 285 degrees
Tuesday
1/27

Up slightly

NE 1-5 early Background swell building to 2.2 ft @ 14 secs later 3.0 ft 298 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Up --- A gale developed west of the dateline tracking east Sat-Sun (1/18) with 28 ft seas aimed east fading on the dateline. Another developed Sun-Mon (1/19) on the dateline with up to 26 ft seas aimed east then lifted north over the North Dateline region with 31 ft seas aimed east. Background swell is possible from both. A tiny gale developed north of Hawaii Tues-Wed (1/21) with 24 ft seas aimed southeast aimed only at the Islands. After that a small gale is possible in the Gulf Sun-Mon (1/26) with 28-30 ft seas aimed east with secondary fetch redeveloping in the Gulf Mon-Tues (1/27) with 31 ft seas aimed east. A broader gael is forecast developing west of the dateline Sun-Mon (1/26) with 32 ft seas aimed east the rebuilding on the dateline Tues-Wed (1/28) with 32-34 ft se aimed east. A possibly building swell pattern is forecast.

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