Southern Gateway to the Hearst Castle. Morro Bay, noted for sport and commercial fishing, has an excellent harbor busy with boats unloading sardines, salon, albacore (tuna), etc., The city of Morro Bay with its 576 foot Morro Rock ("Gibralter of the Pacific") is a favorite summer and winter resort and the bay offers a large calm area for boating, water skiing and swimming. The Bay, first discovered by Juan Cabrillo on his voyage north in 1542, is a favorite haunt of myriad and variant aquatic birds. |