Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.5°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 10AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
0
0
!
!
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.3
WNW
1.7
NW
2.2
NW
2.4
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121212111112128899899101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17417422422420919821327122040072793343282913581395963892731573831815527563
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
5
SSW
5
N
10
NW
15
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
1.72
12:31PM
1.48
12:23AM
1.78
1:28PM
1.37
12:59AM
1.81
2:33PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.04
6:11PM
0.36
6:58AM
-0.07
6:49PM
0.53
7:50AM
-0.13
7:32PM
0.69
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise--7:13-------7:11-------7:09-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:22-------7:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C22222226272114131312121513121110991115151199
Feels °C (?)2121222524181212129912866568101312655
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