Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 02 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
5.9° 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 6AM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
1
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)775667777777666666666645
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8647761341531732052431911611148338329114815812015870564338109
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
30
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
ESE
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
N
15
NE
25
ESE
40
ESE
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
1.64
8:20AM
1.49
8:42PM
1.65
8:59AM
1.44
9:19PM
1.61
9:38AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
-0.08
2:34PM
-0.06
3:01AM
-0.07
3:09PM
-0.02
3:40AM
-0.03
3:43PM
0.05
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:37-------6:35-------6:33----
Sunset------7:20-------7:21-------7:22-
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C1386433322234613212220181714151375
Feels °C (?)91-1-4-5-4-4-6-6-5-20310181917161611128-2-4
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