Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 Apr 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 3AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1099799999888888810998881513
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3413213211882372021551159358543223161614188412313715295305563
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
0
ENE
0
NE
10
W
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
20
S
35
S
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
2.63
12:45PM
2.08
11:55PM
2.66
1:45PM
2.02
12:39AM
2.64
2:50PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
1.00
6:13AM
0.11
5:52PM
1.14
7:03AM
0.04
6:37PM
1.27
7:58AM
0.05
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:31-------6:30-------6:28---
Sunset-------7:47-------7:47-------7:49
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C121111111115161413131212121415141313131314161414
Feels °C (?)9891010141311111110111011111010999101079
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