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Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 12 Feb 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
14.0° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 7PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)--
Afternoon (12 Feb)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (12 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
3
3
3
4
3
0
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)101010151020191818171616161515141414141413131316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)490490380338601678171419743663289529803062294826272394208218601800162113731267139810732107
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
20
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
0
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononononononglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03PM
1.79
7:19AM
2.29
9:36PM
1.86
8:04AM
2.38
10:05PM
1.92
8:46AM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
0.49
1:22AM
1.47
2:44PM
0.39
2:09AM
1.41
3:20PM
0.30
2:52AM
1.32
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-------7:01-------7:00------6:58-
Sunset-5:45-------5:45-------5:46------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C151513121211111213121111111111121212121313121213
Feels °C (?)12111010109101110889910101097897677
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