Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 04 Mar 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
13.9° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 2PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (04 Mar)10ft (3.0m)7s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
2
4
2
3
3
2
0
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.5
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
Period(s) (?)656778889101010101010111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88731384147571020931941110116581288185524982522290520531733173315671385141518161192899
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
2.32
11:37PM
2.32
11:52AM
2.18
12:07AM
2.32
12:42PM
2.02
12:38AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
0.76
5:21PM
0.56
5:48AM
0.69
5:53PM
0.75
6:33AM
0.65
6:26PM
0.94
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:33-------
Sunset---6:06-------6:07-------6:07----
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1214141312111099111413121212111113151414171515
Feels °C (?)811753355571067897810119111399
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