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Surf Forecast - Central California
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Thursday, April 16, 2026 3:31 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 4/17	Down some	NE 5 early	Northwest windswell fading from 5.7 ft @ 9-10 secs Background swell 1.3 ft @ 13-14 secs	4.5 ft 1.5 ft	310 degrees 195 degrees
Saturday 4/18	Down some	NW 5+ early	Northwest windswell fading from 3.5 ft @ 9 secs Background swell 1.7 ft @ 14-15 secs early	3.0 ft 2.0-2.5 ft	310 degrees 190 degrees
Sunday 4/19	Down some	NW 5 early	Background swell 1.6 ft @ 13-14 secs early	2.0 ft	190 degrees
Monday 4/20	Holding	SE 5+ early	Background swell 1.5 ft @ 13 secs	2.0 ft	190 degrees
Tuesday 4/21	Up some	SE 10+ early	Locally generated windswell fading from 4.5 ft @ 12 secs early	5.0 ft	295 degrees
Extended Outlook	Up slightly maybe	---	A small gale is forecast off the Pacific Northwest Sat-Sun (4/19) with 21 ft seas aimed southeast. And Typhoon Sinlaku is to recurve from off Japan to the east Sat-Mon (4/20) with seas up to 35 ft aimed east then possibly turn extratropical. Something to monitor. Down south a small gale developed over the SE Pacific on Tues (4/14) with up to 29 ft seas aimed northeast. Tiny swell is propagating northeast.	---	---

Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - Central CA
Wind Animations: US West Coast - Central CA
Local Model: Surf - Wind

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