Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 8PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)--
Afternoon (17 Feb)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)13ft (4.0m)12s

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

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
WNW
4
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)10111212121212131313131212121211910111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232434644723505850434887444240133919397434992780212416711063175628104586467839313115218215381063
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
35
W
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
20
SSE
30
SE
20
SE
35
NNW
50
NW
50
NW
40
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
2.45
11:25PM
2.15
10:53AM
2.38
11:53PM
2.22
11:39AM
2.26
12:23AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
0.30
4:58AM
1.00
5:28PM
0.41
5:43AM
0.89
6:00PM
0.56
6:32AM
0.78
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:56-------6:54-------6:52-
Sunset-5:51-------5:52-------5:52------
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
62112--11----53431------
Temp. °C109988898101010109776910988878
Feels °C (?)410-2-1-1213345412-2-2-1013445
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