Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
14.6° 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: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (21 Nov)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (21 Nov)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
5
5
5
4
2
2
1
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131312121517161616161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)373134563068274520532245208418991548139925503831373135443175313531353135317533512429242923682143
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
10
N
0
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
glassononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrossononcross-
on
glassglassglasscrossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
2.40
12:35AM
1.91
10:51AM
2.37
1:24AM
1.89
11:28AM
2.31
2:16AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
1.41
5:36PM
0.24
5:04AM
1.47
6:17PM
0.28
5:44AM
1.52
7:00PM
0.33
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset---4:54-------4:53-------4:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111314151414131312131616141313121213141211121211
Feels °C (?)8111114121211119101413121112111111119791110
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