Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 05 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.2°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: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (05 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
1
3
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
WNW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)9910101010101011111010101010101010109101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107713061288156825872549263818371641153815091269124412201116838696587541480602442395415
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
5
NW
0
W
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
2.18
12:07AM
2.32
12:42PM
2.02
12:38AM
2.29
1:36PM
1.88
1:11AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
0.69
5:53PM
0.75
6:33AM
0.65
6:26PM
0.94
7:20AM
0.65
6:59PM
1.13
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise6:35-------6:33-------6:33-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:07-------6:08----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101214141212121111141615151615131315191915151414
Feels °C (?)68976887810121112131210910141612141413
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