Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 03 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
6.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 4AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.8
S
1
S
1.4
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)656667764566667788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)312764148104735860291092121779880255303253173123133116946560
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
W
10
NNW
15
ENE
20
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
35
E
25
E
15
ESE
15
S
30
SSW
25
W
20
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
WNW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19PM
1.61
9:38AM
1.37
9:56PM
1.55
10:18AM
1.29
10:34PM
1.48
11:01AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
-0.02
3:40AM
-0.03
3:43PM
0.05
4:17AM
0.02
4:16PM
0.13
4:54AM
0.09
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:33-------6:31--
Sunset7:21-------7:22-------7:22-------
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------11-1-52-------
Temp. °C171918181714151474358101615141311754610
Feels °C (?)141717171612129-2-5-5-15711111185-1-3-5-14
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