Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 13 Mar 2026 PDT
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Princeton Breakwater surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Princeton Breakwater sea temperature is
13.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Princeton Breakwater today?

The current surf forecast for Princeton Breakwater at 4PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (13 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (13 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.9
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
NW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
NW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.4
NW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)78716167777777777782020820191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148170183169169405310249372204173250320362129136202256259244152177223338
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
1.47
9:24PM
1.24
7:31AM
1.53
9:49PM
1.31
8:25AM
1.59
10:11PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
0.10
2:10AM
0.94
2:49PM
0.04
2:54AM
0.83
3:25PM
0.00
3:33AM
0.69
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
Sunrise7:24-------7:22-------7:20-------
Sunset---7:14-------7:15-------7:15----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C91314131011101010131514121111121318212016151818
Feels °C (?)712119675559109889101216171613131716
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