Rock Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.29° N 139.55° E

Rock Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rock Island sea temperature is
27.7°C
0.9° 

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 (26 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rock Island at 8PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)--
Afternoon (26 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (26 Aug)2ft (0.6m)11s

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 24°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
11
0.5
SSW
11
0.4
S
12
0.9
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.9
SSW
6
0.5
S
6
0.9
SW
6
0.6
SSW
8
0.6
SSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
167
137
130
95
68
45
44
36
43
55
49
47
45
63
25
61
20
54
51
51
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
0
WNW
30
N
15
NNE
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
N
5
SSE
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
off
off
cross-on
on
on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
5:10PM1.43m
3:40AM1.47m
5:33PM1.46m
4:32AM1.53m
5:56PM1.47m
Low Tide
10:00AM0.23m
10:21PM0.97m
10:42AM0.22m
10:57PM0.85m
11:20AM0.24m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:09
5:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:17
6:15
6:15
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
6
2
Temp °C
29
31
30
28
28
28
28
28
28
26
25
25
25
25
24
25
26
27
27
27
Feels °C
32
33
31
29
29
31
32
32
33
24
26
25
25
27
26
29
30
32
31
31
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