Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 20 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
13.5° 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 10PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
Afternoon (20 Feb)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.1
W
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.9
WSW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1010101010999999129138101010101010131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7705784803863192481611301138459475035337264968881434484631444423444
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
0
W
5
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
5
S
0
E
5
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31PM
2.11
12:55AM
2.34
1:30PM
1.94
1:33AM
2.37
2:41PM
1.78
2:18AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
0.74
7:26AM
0.70
7:09PM
0.94
8:27AM
0.63
7:51PM
1.14
9:37AM
0.57
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------6:52-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-5:53-------5:54-------5:55------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10101098881013131212121112131415141414131213
Feels °C (?)8886444566666789101312131210911
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