Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.61° N 122.50° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
17.4°C
3.7° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 9PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)5ft (1.5m)16s
Evening (03 Nov)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
3
1
2
3
5
4
5
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WNW
16
1.5
WNW
16
1.6
WNW
15
1.7
WNW
15
1.6
WNW
14
2.4
W
14
2.4
W
14
2.3
W
13
2.2
W
13
2.2
WNW
13
1.7
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.1
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
7
0.9
WNW
12
1.1
WNW
15
1.7
WNW
14
2.4
WNW
13
2.5
WNW
13
2.5
WNW
13
2.5
WNW
14
3
WNW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1224
1068
1133
1174
1016
2314
2293
1866
1631
1474
890
706
454
285
235
246
551
1090
1901
2084
2206
2417
5104
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
cross
cross-on
High Tide
5:58PM2.01m
7:02AM2.32m
7:09PM1.99m
7:37AM2.40m
8:12PM1.99m
Low Tide
12:22PM1.10m
00:22AM0.60m
1:20PM0.87m
1:09AM0.73m
2:09PM0.65m
1:51AM0.87m
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
17
16
15
14
13
13
15
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
15
18
16
15
15
15
15
14
Feels °C
13
15
15
14
12
10
11
13
14
12
13
13
14
13
13
13
17
13
13
14
15
14
12
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