Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 20 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
13.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131313131212121212111514141488913
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464517499485663569477477470389336273273224220205216202202199216239227604
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
5
SW
0
S
10
S
5
SE
10
S
5
SW
0
NE
5
E
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SE
5
NE
10
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glassonglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
1.46
11:29AM
1.67
1:05AM
1.52
12:16PM
1.53
1:36AM
1.58
1:11PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:43PM
-0.15
5:47AM
0.81
6:16PM
-0.06
6:35AM
0.73
6:51PM
0.07
7:31AM
0.62
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----7:20-------7:20-------7:18--
Sunset-------5:21-------5:22-------5:22
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141313131314151414131312121315131111111010111414
Feels °C (?)111010101012131412121111121212119101099101211
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