Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
22.5° C
0.9° 

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 (13 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 5PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (13 Jul)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (13 Jul)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 36°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Mon afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.7
SSE
4
0.9
S
4
0.9
S
4
0.7
S
4
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.7
S
4
0.8
S
5
1
SSW
6
0.9
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.4
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
13
13
27
29
19
21
13
13
13
20
34
67
50
31
23
22
15
9
9
10
15
10
10
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:17PM1.85m
7:55AM1.49m
8:10PM1.87m
8:49AM1.54m
9:03PM1.84m
Low Tide
12:59PM-0.05m
1:59AM-0.16m
1:57PM-0.08m
2:51AM-0.20m
2:53PM-0.09m
3:40AM-0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:35
5:37
5:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:25
8:24
8:24
8:23
 mm
1
Temp °C
24
24
25
25
23
22
21
22
27
31
33
32
28
27
26
26
30
34
36
31
28
27
26
26
Feels °C
23
21
21
21
19
19
18
20
25
29
31
30
26
25
25
26
30
33
33
29
29
28
27
25
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