Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 31 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
23.1°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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 2AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (01 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (01 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue morning, fresh winds from the W by Thu morning).

Mon
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
0.5
SE
11
1
E
6
1.1
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
9
14
14
13
12
12
12
11
7
17
23
71
60
76
89
87
90
80
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
25
E
25
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
10:19PM1.47m
10:42AM1.60m
11:08PM1.39m
11:32AM1.59m
Low Tide
4:26PM0.08m
4:31AM0.01m
5:10PM0.12m
5:10AM0.06m
6:02PM0.18m
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:29
7:28
7:25
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
23
23
22
22
22
22
23
26
27
25
22
22
22
21
21
22
22
22
22
Feels °C
24
24
23
24
24
24
26
29
28
26
24
23
23
20
19
21
20
22
23
  • 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