Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 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
15.0° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 7PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (11 Apr)7ft (2.1m)6s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)161616667810101110101010109910999798
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3813763672222685671201228229382708199914601137947736579521452443455547450547439
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
WSW
20
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03AM
1.98
8:28PM
1.96
7:10AM
2.00
8:53PM
2.06
8:10AM
2.05
9:17PM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.60
1:46AM
1.39
2:04PM
0.59
2:34AM
1.20
2:42PM
0.61
3:16AM
0.97
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:41-------6:39-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:40-------7:42-------7:43----
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-1212111221--1----------
Temp. °C141515121112121212121313121212111112131312121111
Feels °C (?)119867444478889101099976666
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