Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 10 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
15.0° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 2AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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


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Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.5
WNW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.5
WNW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1316161216161612678810101010101010991099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1373863818338137636779312360954168021041936172913811131855655506461461383385
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
35
S
35
SSW
40
S
20
SW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
10
W
10
SW
5
WSW
5
N
5
N
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.88
6:03AM
1.98
8:28PM
1.96
7:10AM
2.00
8:53PM
2.06
8:10AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
1.53
1:22PM
0.60
1:46AM
1.39
2:04PM
0.59
2:34AM
1.20
2:42PM
0.61
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:41-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------7:40-------7:42-------7:43
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11-1111118211421---1-----
Temp. °C141413131315151511121212111212121212111111121313
Feels °C (?)11121111108977343456791010109998
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