Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 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
13.7° 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 5PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
0
0
2
!
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)121211111212889989910101010101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)224224209198213216170220372865381698120313661261892717598512748772543442485
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
0
SSW
5
WNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31PM
1.48
12:23AM
1.78
1:28PM
1.37
12:59AM
1.81
2:33PM
1.25
1:41AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.04
6:11PM
0.36
6:58AM
-0.07
6:49PM
0.53
7:50AM
-0.13
7:32PM
0.69
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise7:13-------7:11-------7:09-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:22-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C2226272216141312121413131110991115141199109
Feels °C (?)2225241914131210101088655810121064665
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