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Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
13.7° 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 2AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
Period(s) (?)141414141313131312141413131220191818171716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)95181169446537228622217016220031134231635338088414611990234729682527221919881750
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
1.63
4:32PM
1.02
4:29AM
1.65
6:20PM
1.00
5:12AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
0.46
10:46AM
0.46
9:52PM
0.66
11:51AM
0.33
10:49PM
0.83
12:48PM
0.20
Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----7:24-------7:24-------7:24--
Sunset-------5:09-------5:10-------5:12
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131111101010121313121212121315151413131312131516
Feels °C (?)977666899887781111101099891112
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