Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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Princeton Breakwater surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Princeton Breakwater sea temperature is
17.8° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Princeton Breakwater today?

The current surf forecast for Princeton Breakwater at 12AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)--
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

Table - waves today at Princeton Breakwater. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)10888910101010101010111110101010101414101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)179161243299377561650607554478419365372322291232186183148123121109109103
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
W
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
0
WSW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
1.73
9:46AM
1.52
8:51PM
1.73
10:19AM
1.57
9:42PM
1.70
10:49AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
-0.04
3:06PM
0.70
3:42AM
0.00
3:52PM
0.57
4:18AM
0.08
4:33PM
0.45
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------7:13-------7:10-------7:09
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515151517171615151515151617171615151515181817
Feels °C (?)151515151517161515151515151516161615151615171615
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Mateo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Princeton Breakwater (calm at Half Moon Bay Airport (California) 3 km from Princeton Breakwater). 1.1m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 10s swell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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