Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 7AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)111212121211111111111110101010109991010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)224821951842154313751134940923829687610500480392341307258198203157157151148108
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNE
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
E
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
15
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
onglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
2.40
12:49PM
2.05
12:15AM
2.37
1:38PM
1.96
12:45AM
2.32
2:31PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:42PM
0.92
6:26AM
0.44
6:14PM
1.07
7:07AM
0.42
6:48PM
1.22
7:49AM
0.45
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:52-------6:50-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:35-------7:36
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111112111115201614151515141823231919181717202117
Feels °C (?)581087915111012121191421201717161515181713
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