Rockaway Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(San Mateo, USA)
Rockaway Spot ID
Type: beach and reef
Reliability: consistent
Best: Swell NW | Wind SE
Sea Temperature Today is: 13.2 °C
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| Wave (m) |
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| Period (s) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
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| Wind State | cross | cross | cross- off |
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Rockaway in San Mateo is an exposed beach and reef break that has reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the southeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the ideal swell angle is from the northwest. The beach break favours right handers and primariliy right reef breaks.. Best around low tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Watch out for rips, rocks, pollution and sharks.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Pacifica, 1 km from Rockaway.
| NEXT | IS AT (local time) | remaining |
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Rockaway Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Pacifica, 2 km from Rockaway.
calm km/h |  dry | Air temperature 12 °C |
Buoy Data:
At San Francisco Bar, 14 miles from Rockaway.
| 4PM | 5PM | 6PM | 7PM | |
| Data Age | 4 hr | 3 hr | 2 hr | 1 hr |
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| Dominant period (s) | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 |
Overall Rockaway Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in April
Surf photos from
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Visitor Reviews of Rockaway
“Sicki right with occasional lefts. Look out for two blond guys that rip and scream at every wave they're on. There's also an older nut job who wears seaweed as a scarf and drops in on huge close outs. Experts only on this wave. I've seen many boards get destroyed here.”
Scooter Knott. from UNITED STATES - 28 Sep 2012
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Rockaway:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break1 mi
- Second closest break1 mi
- Third closest break2 mi
- Fourth closest break3 mi
- Fifth closest break4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Rockaway:
- Closest wave buoy14 mi
- Second closest wave buoy21 mi
- Third closest wave buoy27 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy57 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy58 mi
Tide stations nearest to Rockaway:
- Closest tide stationPacifica1 mi
- Second closest tide stationDaly City6 mi
- Third closest tide stationPoint San Bruno, San Francisco Bay7 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationSeaplane Harbor, San Francisco Bay7 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationBurlingame7 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Rockaway is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 11 km (7 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Rockaway is Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), also in USA, 28 km (17 miles) away.
- Third is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ) in USA, 45 km (28 miles) away.
- Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA is 57 km (35 miles) away.
- Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Rockaway and is 88 km (55 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Rockaway, CAL - San Mateo. Use the tab navigation above to view Rockaway sea temperature, Rockaway photographs, Rockaway detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Rockaway webcams, current wind from CAL - San Mateo live weather stations and Rockaway 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 Rockaway.
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