Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 22 Feb 2026 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
13.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (22 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (22 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.6
WSW
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
1
W
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)778810101010101010101010101010129109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)197250291411546565495314301426371320273273230190148139173253336385445480
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
1.75
2:33PM
1.15
2:04AM
1.77
4:11PM
1.07
2:58AM
1.76
5:58PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
0.17
7:38PM
0.68
9:16AM
0.11
8:34PM
0.86
10:33AM
0.04
9:52PM
0.98
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----5:55-------5:57-------5:58--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------39961
Temp. °C121112131415141414131314171615151515141413131414
Feels °C (?)67881012121212111012161413121212111110101313
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