Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
13.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 11AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
Period(s) (?)10109999966888878668815151099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4154153822872312022028685167163182247217244187161613876751109978
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
25
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrossononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
2.27
9:52PM
2.22
9:36AM
2.26
10:22PM
2.30
10:26AM
2.24
10:51PM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52AM
1.12
3:20PM
0.42
3:42AM
0.93
4:00PM
0.50
4:26AM
0.76
4:35PM
0.62
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise--7:00-------6:58-------6:56-----
Sunset-----7:29-------7:30-------7:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819232321171514131212121312121010101111121111
Feels °C (?)171617211917141212111097101010777889910
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