Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 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 7AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)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
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.7
WNW
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)97999998888888109888815131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)321188260206155115937454323216161418841471371301423816839091051
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
NE
0
NNW
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
S
35
S
15
WSW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
2.63
12:45PM
2.08
11:55PM
2.66
1:45PM
2.02
12:39AM
2.64
2:50PM
1.97
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
Sunrise--6:31-------6:30-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:47-------7:47-------7:49--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------185
Temp. °C111112151614131312121314141413131312131714151312
Feels °C (?)91012141311111110111111101010109881078119
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