Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.61° N 122.50° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
16.5°C
1.7° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 11PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (29 Sep)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
0
1
2
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
3
NW
9
3
NW
9
2.5
NW
9
2.4
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
9
2
WNW
9
1.6
NW
9
1.7
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
733
943
1484
1275
1058
884
784
802
838
903
903
883
820
838
723
646
388
530
490
404
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
12:40PM2.48m
2:17AM1.92m
1:21PM2.47m
3:28AM1.83m
2:11PM2.41m
Low Tide
7:42PM0.32m
7:14AM1.24m
8:39PM0.32m
8:03AM1.38m
9:44PM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:03
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
6:55
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:54
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:52
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
18
16
15
15
15
15
15
18
18
16
14
13
13
13
13
16
17
16
15
15
Feels °C
16
14
14
14
14
15
15
18
16
14
13
12
12
12
12
15
15
15
14
15
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Rockaway surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest