Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.61° N 122.50° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
17.3°C
3.4° 

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 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 9PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)--
Afternoon (29 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (29 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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)
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.8
WNW
12
0.8
WNW
12
0.8
WNW
12
0.8
WNW
12
1
SW
15
1
SW
15
1
SW
15
1
SW
15
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.7
NW
11
0.6
NW
11
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
255
314
255
471
483
489
180
180
180
177
429
424
418
418
412
407
176
176
121
92
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
12:57PM2.57m
3:28AM1.94m
1:53PM2.46m
4:37AM1.95m
2:59PM2.32m
Low Tide
8:25PM0.09m
7:59AM1.46m
9:26PM0.18m
9:15AM1.49m
10:29PM0.28m
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
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Temp °C
17
16
16
15
15
15
14
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
14
Feels °C
16
14
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
12
13
13
12
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