Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 16 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
10.1° C
(Which is 3.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 10AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
SE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)666666666777777766844444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)803334345860697666576145343322141212101513141014
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
S
20
S
15
WSW
20
SW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
WNW
10
NE
25
ESE
25
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crossoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
1.53
7:26PM
1.74
7:53AM
1.55
8:09PM
1.81
8:40AM
1.54
8:54PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
-0.10
1:59AM
-0.13
2:03PM
-0.13
2:47AM
-0.17
2:48PM
-0.13
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:16-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset----7:35-------7:36-------7:37---
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C22232526252625232020212324171513121211111091010
Feels °C (?)2123242422242320191819232313111099666566
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