Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 PST
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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
14.9° 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 12PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)8ft (2.4m)14s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
1.2
W
1.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)1199101314141414141414131313131212141316161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2022353557691657235926592570241221871977165615611537139713551116113412989052183210520271977
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
10
N
5
NNE
10
N
10
ENE
5
NNE
15
NNW
5
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
E
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
1.72
11:54PM
1.26
9:59AM
1.70
12:38AM
1.25
10:33AM
1.67
1:24AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
-0.17
4:18AM
0.99
5:16PM
-0.17
4:53AM
1.04
5:52PM
-0.16
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset---4:55-------4:54-------4:54----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111213131312121111131415141313121214161614131312
Feels °C (?)910888910881010131212119912141312111211
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