Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 11 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
7.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 5PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)999999999999999556667766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1201201081081081081067371707071535249394566130113176705240
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20PM
1.12
3:37AM
1.30
4:18PM
1.21
4:37AM
1.35
5:12PM
1.34
5:31AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
0.28
9:39PM
0.36
10:19AM
0.21
10:37PM
0.27
11:05AM
0.12
11:29PM
0.16
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-------6:22-------6:20-------6:18
Sunset--7:30-------7:30-------7:31-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111516141086566889910121623212121201918
Feels °C (?)49984310101122581319171820191716
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