Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 10 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
14.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WNW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.5
WNW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.5
WNW
1.6
SW
2
SW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)1817161513161612161616126689101010101010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44935828726913738638183381376367791953161063194021672091179213521019821641550
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
S
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
45
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.88
6:03AM
1.98
8:28PM
1.96
7:10AM
2.00
8:53PM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
0.62
12:48AM
1.53
1:22PM
0.60
1:46AM
1.39
2:04PM
0.59
2:34AM
1.20
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:39-------
Sunset---7:39-------7:40-------7:42----
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
heavy rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11--1111111-13112121-----
Temp. °C141616151414131313151415111212121212131212121211
Feels °C (?)1212121111121111998754337787791010
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