Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 12 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
15.1° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 12AM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 15s 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 (1.9m)8s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)1010101010991010997888887776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176515391333101382656452145239145548646351649038833933924027127926318413383
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
30
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
2.06
8:10AM
2.05
9:17PM
2.18
9:05AM
2.09
9:42PM
2.31
10:00AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.59
2:34AM
1.20
2:42PM
0.61
3:16AM
0.97
3:19PM
0.66
3:58AM
0.72
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise------6:37-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-7:42-------7:43-------7:44------
rain showers
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-11--------------------
Temp. °C131312121211111213131212111110111111101110101012
Feels °C (?)778101199109877766875565557
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