Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
5.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 12PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (31 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (31 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)778888788888877777566666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)143159216327319249311320454372388164217295127100796382119120836240
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
W
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NE
35
E
35
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
1.52
7:25PM
1.61
7:40AM
1.52
8:04PM
1.64
8:20AM
1.49
8:42PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
-0.09
1:36AM
-0.06
1:55PM
-0.09
2:20AM
-0.08
2:34PM
-0.06
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:41-------6:39-------6:37------
Sunset----7:17-------7:19-------7:20---
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--------1--39111-------
Temp. °C161619232523192018171822211614743233334
Feels °C (?)121215192119141515141621201511-1-4-5-6-4-3-4-3-2
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