Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
22.8°C
0.8° 

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 (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 7PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (27 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat afternoon).

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
49
38
38
38
38
88
84
42
24
42
42
41
32
40
35
29
31
21
21
21
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
N
25
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
15
N
5
WNW
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:46PM1.62m
8:10AM1.47m
8:22PM1.62m
8:45AM1.52m
8:58PM1.59m
Low Tide
1:39PM0.12m
2:10AM-0.01m
2:22PM0.08m
2:47AM-0.03m
3:04PM0.06m
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:36
7:34
7:32
 mm
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
25
25
26
25
24
23
23
22
24
27
28
27
24
22
19
18
20
23
25
24
23
Feels °C
23
23
24
24
25
25
26
24
25
28
28
26
20
18
14
13
16
21
22
21
21
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