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Princeton Breakwater surf break

Princeton Breakwater surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 08 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
13.8° 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 3AM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (09 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
W
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
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)161616161515151414141414131313131314141312121219
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33183034267822241909166312921092951811694465372286222170165257293336371413393884
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:09AM
1.62
3:00PM
1.15
3:49AM
1.63
4:32PM
1.02
4:29AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17PM
0.24
9:37AM
0.58
9:02PM
0.46
10:46AM
0.46
9:52PM
0.66
11:51AM
0.33
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----7:24-------7:24-------7:24--
Sunset-------5:08-------5:09-------5:10
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1210987710121110109101011121212121212131515
Feels °C (?)65433269865456788887781011
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