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Rockaway Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Mateo (15 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 23 Mar 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
13.3° 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 9PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Mar) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Mar) | 6ft (1.9m) | 11s |
| Evening (23 Mar) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Rockaway. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 652 | 593 | 486 | 459 | 310 | 300 | 258 | 328 | 286 | 197 | 249 | 249 | 246 | 188 | 171 | 416 | 200 | 630 | 1286 | 1798 | 2317 | 2230 | 2363 | 1664 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | glass | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:57PM 1.83 | 2:45AM 2.42 | 5:23PM 1.80 | 3:50AM 2.34 | 6:46PM 1.84 | 5:06AM 2.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:35PM 1.35 | 10:18AM 0.35 | 9:42PM 1.47 | 11:32AM 0.37 | 11:11PM 1.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
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