Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Rockaway today (13 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 4s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 11PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 4s |
| Evening (13 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Rockaway. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight 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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | S 5 | SE 13 | S 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | S 13 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | E 4 | SSE 9 | E 4 | SSE 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | 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 | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 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 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | S 3 | S 3 | S 3 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 9 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 |
| kJ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | — | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 5 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 13 | S 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | S 13 | — | — | — | S 5 | S 3 | — | S 6 | S 6 | — | SE 6 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 2 | — | SSW 3 | — | — | ENE 3 | E 3 | E 4 | SSE 6 | S 3 | S 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 965 | 1204 | 117 | 839 | 963 | 965 | 2548 | 3400 | 965 | 616 | 2329 | 965 | 700 | 757 | 1574 | 3367 | 3399 | 2465 | 869 |
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