Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
20.3°C
1.3° 

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 (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 12s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 7PM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 26). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (26 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (26 Sep)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 69mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the N on Sun morning, calm by Mon night).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
ESE
12
2.4
ESE
11
2.1
ESE
11
2
ESE
10
1.8
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.4
ESE
10
1.4
ESE
9
1.3
ESE
9
2.2
ESE
8
2
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
5
1.6
SE
6
1.5
SE
6
1.4
SE
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.2
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1784
1386
1054
807
637
416
365
321
243
585
372
113
169
146
152
93
90
94
105
45
36
Wind (km/h)
50
NNE
50
NNE
50
NNE
50
NNE
50
NNE
45
N
45
N
50
N
55
N
40
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
10
S
5
NNE
20
N
Wind State
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-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
7:53PM1.60m
8:12AM1.68m
8:33PM1.58m
8:50AM1.72m
9:15PM1.52m
Low Tide
1:57PM0.02m
2:10AM-0.06m
2:42PM-0.02m
2:49AM-0.06m
3:26PM-0.02m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
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6:47
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6:48
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6:45
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6:44
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6:43
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 mm
4
3
2
1
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3
6
21
13
2
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Temp °C
16
16
15
16
15
15
15
15
17
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
Feels °C
7
7
6
6
6
7
7
7
8
13
12
13
13
14
14
14
15
16
16
17
14
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