Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 13 Apr 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
15.2° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 2PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 13). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (13 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (13 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
SW
1.8
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)91010997788887777666612121568
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5214523914555474375034774143393142333253442792031841471128181106256842
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
2.05
9:17PM
2.18
9:05AM
2.09
9:42PM
2.31
10:00AM
2.12
10:10PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
0.61
3:16AM
0.97
3:19PM
0.66
3:58AM
0.72
3:55PM
0.75
4:41AM
0.47
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:43-------7:44-------7:45----
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C11131413121211111111111111101010111212131212109
Feels °C (?)91110878667765655567788721
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