Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.61° N 122.50° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
16.4°C
1.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Rockaway today (25 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 7s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 10PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 25). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)--
Afternoon (25 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (25 Sep)8ft (2.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NW
10
2
NW
10
2.4
NW
7
2.5
NW
10
1.4
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
9
2
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
9
1.9
WNW
9
1.9
WNW
8
1.8
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
1.6
NW
8
1.5
WNW
7
1.6
NW
7
2
NW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
148
800
563
1229
349
707
623
489
444
454
465
516
481
418
408
398
283
250
233
418
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:43PM2.22m
11:05AM2.33m
11:31PM2.17m
11:33AM2.41m
Low Tide
4:42PM0.78m
4:52AM0.67m
5:23PM0.61m
5:24AM0.79m
6:06PM0.47m
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Temp °C
16
16
14
14
13
13
13
14
15
15
13
13
13
14
14
14
15
15
14
13
Feels °C
13
12
10
11
11
11
12
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13
11
11
10
11
12
11
11
11
10
9
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