Princeton Breakwater Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – San Mateo, USA)

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Princeton Breakwater Spot ID:

Type: beach/Jetty

Reliability: consistent

Best: Swell SW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 11.7 °C

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Sunday, 19 May 2013, 04:35 Local time

m, °C	Saturday 18
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross

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Princeton Breakwater in San Mateo is an exposed beach/Jetty break that usually has waves and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the northeast with some shelter here from northwest winds. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best between tides, high tide can move the break too close to shore. Often Crowded. Beware of rocks and sharks.

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For Half Moon Bay, California, 1 miles from Princeton Breakwater.

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At San Francisco Airport, 16 km from Princeton Breakwater.

light winds from the WNW

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Air temperature
11 °C

Current weather near Princeton Breakwater

Overall Princeton Breakwater Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Visitor Reviews of Princeton Breakwater

Jon from UNITED STATES writes:

Shifty Peaks, Strong Local presence - don't be knuclehead here! Strong currents , best at incoming tides. Always crowded. NW swells and SW makes it work o.k. Wind can be a factor here.

2010-03-07

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Princeton Breakwater: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Mavericks	1 mi
Second closest break	Montara	4 mi
Third closest break	Francis Beach	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Gray Whale Cove	5 mi
Fifth closest break	Linda Mar 1	7 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Princeton Breakwater:
Closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	24 mi
Second closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	26 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	49 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	68 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	126 mi
Tide stations nearest to Princeton Breakwater:
Closest tide station	Half Moon Bay	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Seaplane Harbor, San Francisco Bay	11 mi
Third closest tide station	Coyote Point Marina, San Francisco Bay	11 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Point San Bruno, San Francisco Bay	12 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Oyster Point Marina, San Francisco Bay	12 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Princeton Breakwater:
Closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	146 mi
Second closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	149 mi
Third closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	155 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	155 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sierra at Tahoe (United States)	157 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Princeton Breakwater:
Closest city location	Pacifica (United States)	8 mi
Second closest city location	Burlingame (United States)	9 mi
Third closest city location	San Mateo (United States)	9 mi
Fourth closest city location	San Bruno (United States)	10 mi
Fifth closest city location	South San Francisco (United States)	11 mi

The closest passenger airport to Princeton Breakwater is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 16 km (10 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Princeton Breakwater is Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), also in USA, 33 km (20 miles) away.
Third is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ) in USA, 39 km (24 miles) away.
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA is 51 km (32 miles) away.
Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Princeton Breakwater and is 98 km (61 miles) away.

Princeton Breakwater break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Princeton Breakwater, CAL - San Mateo. Use the tab navigation above to view Princeton Breakwater sea temperature, Princeton Breakwater photographs, Princeton Breakwater detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Princeton Breakwater webcams, current wind from CAL - San Mateo live weather stations and Princeton Breakwater tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Princeton Breakwater.

Princeton Breakwater Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – San Mateo, USA)

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Overall Princeton Breakwater Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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