Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 EDT
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Rockaway surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
6.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 6AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)888888877777777777774666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142130107836244444329351834181815151812111110222628
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
15
WSW
25
W
20
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
25
W
30
W
40
NW
35
NNW
30
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
1.48
11:01AM
1.21
11:14PM
1.41
11:46AM
1.14
11:58PM
1.35
12:35PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
0.09
4:48PM
0.21
5:33AM
0.17
5:21PM
0.28
6:18AM
0.25
6:02PM
0.35
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---6:31-------6:30-------6:28----
Sunset------7:23-------7:24-------7:25-
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1085361011119876799520-1-11222
Feels °C (?)50-4-5-1545544301-2-5-7-8-9-8-5-4-4-3
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