Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
18.2°C
2.5° 

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 (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 5PM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (17 Oct)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Tue morning).

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.2
S
7
0.2
SSE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.5
E
7
0.8
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
0.8
E
8
1.1
E
7
0.7
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
1.7
E
9
1.5
ESE
10
2.4
E
10
2.4
E
11
2
ESE
11
2
ESE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
13
8
3
8
3
23
67
151
82
134
41
36
50
66
492
433
1265
1304
978
1009
Wind (km/h)
35
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:44PM1.34m
1:22AM1.09m
1:37PM1.31m
2:16AM1.10m
2:31PM1.30m
Low Tide
7:09PM0.34m
6:59AM0.44m
8:13PM0.35m
8:17AM0.45m
9:13PM0.31m
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
10
12
11
10
8
7
6
6
8
11
13
12
11
11
10
8
10
13
15
14
12
Feels °C
1
4
2
1
-1
-1
-1
-1
2
5
8
7
5
6
4
1
3
6
8
7
5
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