Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 06 Mar 2026 PST
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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
14.2° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 3PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
NW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111101010101010101010109999999121211910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1538153814121450103010109908816965874904424333953874064404403883233853437351057
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
NW
5
WNW
0
SE
5
E
5
ENE
0
NE
5
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
2.02
12:38AM
2.29
1:36PM
1.88
1:11AM
2.24
2:39PM
1.75
1:48AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
0.65
6:26PM
0.94
7:20AM
0.65
6:59PM
1.13
8:11AM
0.67
7:35PM
1.29
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise6:33-------6:33-------6:31-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:08-------6:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131417181716151413151920151414141416171714121212
Feels °C (?)9101213141312119101417121314121215161512111112
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