Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 20 Feb 2026 EST
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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
1.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 12AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)1ft (0.3m)7s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
1.5
E
0.9
E
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
E
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
3
E
3.5
E
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2
ESE
Period(s) (?)66667768877765666781011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72176645446362031191798115511714621249410101878283815701237909
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
15
N
15
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
10
NE
30
E
35
E
35
ENE
35
NE
45
ENE
60
NE
60
NNE
65
NNE
60
NNE
55
N
45
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
1.51
9:47AM
1.39
10:11PM
1.51
10:40AM
1.31
11:04PM
1.49
11:38AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18PM
-0.17
3:48AM
-0.07
3:56PM
-0.12
4:35AM
-0.01
4:39PM
-0.05
5:33AM
0.06
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:39-------6:37--
Sunset5:35-------5:37-------5:37-------
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C3223323566532220000000-1-1
Feels °C (?)-4-3-3-4-4-4-4-1022-1-2-6-6-9-9-11-14-14-14-14-14-12
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