Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 15 Jul 2025 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 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 4AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (16 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (16 Jul)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wed
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
NW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.9
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)10109999999888910101010101010109999999999988888888888888877777777616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5574613603453383383072642071751881741741961921641811861571551261231201201011242111419780112145135135132154244238268679399671722726710616505424480497388253225180239166155146141133
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:56AM
1.97
4:05PM
2.27
4:12AM
1.80
4:47PM
2.35
5:41AM
1.69
5:34PM
2.42
7:16AM
1.67
6:26PM
2.49
8:40AM
1.74
7:21PM
2.56
9:45AM
1.83
8:17PM
2.63
10:38AM
1.91
9:12PM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
1.11
9:19AM
0.67
10:32PM
0.96
10:02AM
0.88
11:44PM
0.77
10:52AM
1.08
12:52AM
0.57
11:52AM
1.24
1:56AM
0.37
12:59PM
1.35
2:54AM
0.19
2:06PM
1.39
3:47AM
0.06
3:08PM
1.37
4:36AM
-0.01
Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wed
23
Sunrise----6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:03-------6:03-------6:03-------6:05-------
Sunset8:30-------8:30-------8:30-------8:29-------8:28-------8:28-------8:27-------8:25---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121212121213141413131313141515151413131212141413121212111213131312111112121415141313131313131414131313131314141414131312
Feels °C (?)910101010101111111112121313121213121211111211991010911111010109911101212111111111111111111101111111112111112111211
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Mateo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rockaway (calm at Pacifica 2 km from Rockaway). A 1.3m swell from the WNW

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Actual: 59 min ago

3 km/h
NNE
Clean
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