Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 PDT
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Rockaway surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
13.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 12PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (25 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
3
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)18171610106889101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2461881711905324129801544205119702088144912741039967918936993886720650532532522
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
2.34
6:46PM
1.84
5:06AM
2.28
7:51PM
1.93
6:26AM
2.25
8:39PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
0.37
11:11PM
1.50
12:42PM
0.37
12:41AM
1.44
1:44PM
0.36
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--7:05-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----7:25-------7:27-------7:27--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141312141413111099914191516151517171921181512
Feels °C (?)12119111076546711151213121314131517141310
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