The complete bistatic scattering pattern of a rough surface with known statistical properties has been obtained for angles of incidence 10° apart from the vertical down to 30° from grazing using 1‐MHz acoustic waves in water. Bistatic patterns corresponding to other incident angles within this range can easily be interpolated, thus giving rise to what is believed to be the first such complete set of scattering patterns. The surface was formed from a sheet of mild steel, after which the roughness was sampled along profiles and the surface statistics computed. The roughness was such that the standard deviation was approximately12of the incident wavelength and the correlation distance was about 18 wavelengths. The availability of these complete scattering patterns is important to the understanding of the basic scattering process. They allow, for the first time, comparison of the various scattering theories to experimental measurements for other than the plane of incidence. Also pointed out is the transition of the shape of the patterns as the incident angle is changed.