Rockaway surf break

Rockaway surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 04 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
14.2° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 8AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 19s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)111010101010999101099912121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)610554480392341269236198184161157151148148304347336307302297247222180146
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossononglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15AM
2.37
1:38PM
1.96
12:45AM
2.32
2:31PM
1.88
1:18AM
2.25
3:32PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.42
6:48PM
1.22
7:49AM
0.45
7:23PM
1.34
8:36AM
0.50
8:02PM
1.46
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:35-------7:36-------7:37--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616182324211919181720211714131312121414131111
Feels °C (?)1412121420211817171615181713121111101011111099
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