Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 13 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
25.6° C
2.8° 

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 (14 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 2AM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Afternoon (14 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (14 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).

Thu
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.1
SE
13
0.1
S
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
S
13
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
5
0.5
E
4
0.2
SSE
9
0.3
E
4
0.2
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
7
3
7
7
7
3
8
8
3
3
3
3
3
7
8
3
3
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:43PM1.79m
9:18AM1.64m
9:31PM1.71m
10:06AM1.64m
10:18PM1.61m
Low Tide
2:36PM-0.09m
3:15AM-0.19m
3:26PM-0.07m
3:57AM-0.16m
4:13PM-0.02m
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:55
7:54
7:52
 mm
Temp °C
29
29
28
26
25
24
26
28
29
28
26
25
23
22
23
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
28
29
26
24
24
24
25
27
26
28
25
23
21
20
22
22
21
22
23
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