Rock Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.29° N 139.55° E

Rock Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 25 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rock Island sea temperature is
27.5°C
0.7° 

Rock Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Rock Island today (25 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rock Island at 6AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (25 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (25 Aug)4ft (1.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Rock Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Wed afternoon, min 23°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the SW by Thu night).

Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
14
1.5
S
14
1.4
SSE
13
1.4
SSE
13
1.2
SSE
13
1
SSE
12
1.2
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
11
1.1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.4
S
11
1
SSW
5
0.4
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
711
836
700
690
484
298
403
403
407
362
280
183
167
140
135
98
69
74
49
47
49
36
53
30
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
30
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
25
NNE
20
NE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
off
off
High Tide
1:21AM1.36m
4:45PM1.39m
2:39AM1.41m
5:10PM1.43m
3:40AM1.47m
5:33PM1.46m
Low Tide
9:11AM0.27m
9:41PM1.08m
10:00AM0.23m
10:21PM0.97m
10:42AM0.22m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:07
5:07
5:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:19
6:17
6:15
 mm
1
1
2
2
Temp °C
27
27
27
28
29
29
29
28
27
27
27
28
29
31
30
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
25
23
Feels °C
29
30
30
30
29
29
28
29
29
30
30
31
31
32
30
28
30
32
32
32
31
32
25
23
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