Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
18.5°C
1.3° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 4PM is: 0.5m 3s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (07 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (07 Oct)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.6
S
3
0.9
S
4
1
S
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
5
1
SSW
5
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
SSE
7
0.2
SSE
7
0.2
SSE
8
0.3
SE
8
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
8
28
43
37
40
33
51
20
13
8
8
5
4
3
3
5
5
7
11
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
N
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:38PM1.58m
6:13AM1.60m
6:29PM1.60m
6:59AM1.68m
7:14PM1.60m
Low Tide
11:30AM0.07m
00:04AM-0.05m
12:22PM0.01m
00:48AM-0.08m
1:11PM-0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
16
18
17
16
15
15
15
18
23
23
21
19
17
16
15
17
20
21
18
16
Feels °C
11
11
13
12
11
10
11
11
14
18
16
15
15
13
12
11
11
14
15
13
11
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