We spent a couple of hours at Morro Rock. There's so much to see on the way. My favorite sight is the wildlife, especially the sea otters playing in the water. There were sea lions fighting for a spot on the ledges of the boats that were docked there. Watch out for the squirrels though! They acted like they don't like tourists and will run towards you! We passed a PT boat, and walked along the boardwalk to the beach, then over to the rocky breakwall where we sat and watched the waves crashing over the rocks. The other side of the rock was calmer and you can spend some zen time with the Ocean there. It's totally worth it to walk out there and enjoy the sights.

I went with the inlaws to California for the week and we came to Morro Bay mainly to go on the whale watching cruise. The large rock (long extinct volcano), is hard to miss even in the fog. While we didn't get to see too much of it at first because of the fog, when we came back it cleared up. Definitely a cool thing to see and plenty of birds hanging around it.

We spent 2 days in Morro Bay and noticed a few things. The marine layer / fog is not unusual in the summer, so if it’s sunny blue sky, make time to walk out to Morro Rock or at least take photos. Cause fog can come in fast. The first day we were kayaking and it was overcast but visibility was ok. That afternoon, it was so thick, you couldn’t see across the bay and we had to get almost to the base of the Rock (beach parking lot) to see anything, and even then couldn’t see the peak.