Morro Bay, California Morro Bay, California Skyline of Morro Bay, with Morro Rock in the center Skyline of Morro Bay, with Morro Rock in the center Morro Bay, California is positioned in the US Morro Bay, California - Morro Bay, California View of Morro Rock in 1883, from what is now The Cloisters subdivision in north Morro Bay.
The shoreline is now Morro Strand State Beach.
Morro Bay is a waterfront town/city in San Luis Obispo County, California.
2.1 Morro Rock 2.2 Morro Bay Harbor The boat docks of Morro Bay The prehistory of Morro Bay relates to Chumash settlement, especially near the mouth of Morro Creek.
The first European territory exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portola expedition, came down Los Osos Valley and camped near today's Morro Bay on September 8, 1769.
Morro Rock later gave its name to the town.
The descriptive term morro is common to the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian languages, and the word is part of many place names where there is a distinct ive and prominent modern formation.
The first recorded Filipinos to visit America appeared at Morro Bay on October 18, 1587, from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de la Esperanza; one of whom was killed by small-town Native Americans while scouting ahead. Thus, Morro Bay grew.
The town of Morro Bay was established by Franklin Riley in 1870 as a port for the export of dairy and ranch products.
The most prominent beach is on the north side of Morro Rock, north of the harbor.
In the 1940s, Morro Bay advanced an abalone fishing industry; it peaked in 1957, and stocks of abalone have declined decidedly due to overfishing. Halibut, sole, rockfish, albacore, and many other species are still caught by both commercial and sport vessels.
A portion of Morro Bay is also designated as a state and nationwide bird sanctuary.
Much of Morro Bay is a state wildlife refuge where waterfowl hunting is conducted amid the season and is one of the several areas in California where Pacific brant are pursued.[clarification needed] In 2007, the California Fish and Game Commission designated Morro Bay as a Marine Protected Area titled the Morro Bay State Marine Reserve.
A panoramic view of Morro Bay (near side of sandspit), Estero bay (far side of sandspit), Los Osos, Baywood Park, Chorro Valley, and Hollister Peak, from Black Hill Morro Bay is positioned at 35 22 45 N 120 51 12 W (35.379043, -120.853354). Morro Bay 35 20 16 N 120 51 05 W is also the name of the large estuary that is situated along the northern shores of the bay itself.
The larger bay on which the small-town region lies is Estero Bay, which also encompasses the communities of Cayucos and Los Osos.
The town/city of Morro Bay is 20 km (12 mi) northwest of San Luis Obispo and is positioned on Highway 1.
Los Osos Creek discharges into Morro Bay.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.3 square miles (27 km2), of which, 5.3 square miles (14 km2) of it is territory and 5.0 square miles (13 km2) of it (48.63%) is water.
Morro Rock Main article: Morro Rock The town's most striking feature is Morro Rock, a 576 foot high volcanic plug which stands at the entrance to the harbor.
The region around the base of Morro Rock is open to visitors, with parking lots and paths.
Morro Rock is one in a series of similar plugs that stretch in a line inland called the Nine Sisters.
Morro Bay Harbor Tiny Morro Bay harbor Morro Bay is a natural embayment with an artificial harbor constructed by the U.S.
Morro Rock was originally surrounded by water, but the Army assembled a large artificial breakwater and road athwart the north end of the harbor, linking Morro Rock and the mainland.
Some of the modern used for this and for the artificial breakwaters was quarried from Morro Rock itself.
The bay extends inland and alongsides the shore for a distance of about 6.4 km (4 miles) south of its entrance at Morro Rock.
Morro Bay is recognized for protection by the California Bays and Estuaries Policy. Morro Bay Harbor's channel silts up and must be dredged every three to four years.
There has also been work on reducing erosion in the Chorro Creek watershed to reduce the amount of sediment coming into the bay to form bottom layers of bay mud.
It forms an estuary in the back bay between Morro Bay and Los Osos.
A flock of gulls in Morro Bay, California A newborn sea otter in Morro Bay, just offshore from Morro Rock.
However, many additional deaths have resulted from sightseers and fisherman being swept off the rocks of the breakwater encircling Morro Rock.
Coast Guard Station Morro Bay operates two small vessels.
Yachtsmen may wish to contact the Morro Bay Yacht Club.
Dawn at Morro Bay The back bay, roughly anything south of the Morro Bay State Park Marina, is very shallow.
The biggest channel continues from the bay's chief channel, winding its way towards Los Osos, on the southern end of the bay.
Navy base on the north side of Morro Rock where sailors were trained to operate LCVPs.
Soldiers from Camp San Luis Obispo would come to Morro Bay and practice loading into the LCVPs.
Morro Bay experiences a cool-summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen Csb) characteristic of coastal California featuring dry summers and most rainfall occurring between November and April.
Summers in Morro Bay are cool for a town/city located at 35 N, with June averaging around 60 F (16 C).
Climate data for Morro Bay, CA (1981-2010 normals, extremes 1959 present) Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area and Morro Bay State Marine Reserve are marine protected areas offshore from Morro Bay.
A panoramic view of Estero bay, with the town of Cayucos on the left, Morro Bay/Morro Rock center, and Point Buchon/Montana de Oro State Park on the right Morro Bay's economy is based on small businesses, tourism, and retirees.
Tall ship Lynx visits Morro Bay, 2007 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Morro Bay had a populace of 10,234.
The ethnic makeup of Morro Bay was 8,909 (87.1%) White, 44 (0.4%) African American, 92 (0.9%) Native American, 258 (2.5%) Asian, 9 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 613 (6.0%) from other competitions, and 309 (3.0%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 1,530 citizens (15.0%) under the age of 18, 815 citizens (8.0%) aged 18 to 24, 2,264 citizens (22.1%) aged 25 to 44, 3,200 citizens (31.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,425 citizens (23.7%) who were 65 years of age or older.
As of the 2000 census, there were 10,350 citizens , 4,986 homeholds, and 2,612 families residing in Morro Bay.
Morro Bay High School is the only school in Morro Bay, California that offers education for undertaking level 9th-12th. In the California State Legislature, Morro Bay is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat Bill Monning, and in the 35th Assembly District, represented by Republican Jordan Cunningham. In the United States House of Representatives, Morro Bay is in California's 24th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +4 and is represented by Salud Carbajal (D Santa Barbara). Dynegy Power Plant, Morro Bay, 2009 Morro Bay Power Plant, 2016 The Dynegy power plant, previously owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.(PG&E), Duke Energy, and LSPower (PG&E), has played a large part in Morro Bay, and in providing electricity to the Central Coast and the Central Valley of California (primarily Fresno and Bakersfield).
Morro Bay harbor George Ramos, born in East Los Angeles in 1948, died in Morro Bay in July 2011 at age 63.
Morro Bay served as the major setting for Pixar's 2016 film Finding Dory, in which it was revealed that Dory's childhood home was the fictional Marine Life Institute, known as "The Jewel of Morro Bay, California". Morro Bay is an album by indie pop band Brazzaville, released in 2013.
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