Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 15 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
14.9° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 11PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.7
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)612121267999991010101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9281949417852110961263800818103711061070880695507415341341334307294260206
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
NNE
20
NNE
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
W
0
ENE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
crossoncross-
on
ononcross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10PM
2.44
10:54AM
2.13
10:41PM
2.55
11:48AM
2.12
11:16PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
0.75
4:41AM
0.47
4:32PM
0.87
5:26AM
0.26
5:11PM
1.00
6:13AM
0.11
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:33-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-7:45-------7:45-------7:46------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131312121110101315141314141312161715121111111214
Feels °C (?)88886578108810978111211889101112
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