Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 27 Mar 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
13.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 5AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101010999997788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)532471461569625569538538441432373452334275249249307273289369388371338329
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
2.03
7:38AM
2.26
9:18PM
2.13
8:40AM
2.27
9:52PM
2.22
9:36AM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
1.29
2:36PM
0.37
2:52AM
1.12
3:20PM
0.42
3:42AM
0.93
4:00PM
0.50
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----7:01-------7:00-------6:58---
Sunset-------7:28-------7:29-------7:30
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141211101113161616161617172019171413111111131212
Feels °C (?)1210989111414141415151618161310108991188
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