Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 4PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.7
WNW
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)99999888889121098888151312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26020615511593585432231615141886147161156119305586105211401016902
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
0
NW
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
25
S
25
S
30
S
10
WSW
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:45PM
2.08
11:55PM
2.66
1:45PM
2.02
12:39AM
2.64
2:50PM
1.97
1:29AM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
0.11
5:52PM
1.14
7:03AM
0.04
6:37PM
1.27
7:58AM
0.05
7:29PM
1.38
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:47-------7:47-------7:49----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------6641
Temp. °C111516141312121213141514141313131416151512121213
Feels °C (?)11141411111011111111111011999101010910101111
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