Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 17 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 11AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (17 Nov)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (17 Nov)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
!
!
4
4
4
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
2.3
W
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)121310101011111111111111111111101010101010101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45449911412720202021122073154213401124894813643643619689731625491365307227176171
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
SW
35
WNW
45
W
40
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
N
15
W
10
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrossononcrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
1.72
9:35PM
1.26
8:35AM
1.73
10:24PM
1.27
9:00AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
0.61
3:03PM
0.02
2:34AM
0.73
3:37PM
-0.08
3:09AM
0.83
4:09PM
-0.14
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----4:58-------4:57-------4:55--
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1310113221----------------
Temp. °C131312101212121211111012131312121212121313131212
Feels °C (?)10105145710887101011101010101011111199
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