Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 04 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 5AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.3
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
1
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)666666456666777888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)921278470564334121205160958023326124619615514011911990684732
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
NNW
15
ENE
20
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
35
E
30
E
10
ESE
15
S
25
SSW
25
WNW
15
SW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
30
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offcrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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)
3:40AM
-0.03
3:43PM
0.05
4:17AM
0.02
4:16PM
0.13
4:54AM
0.09
4:48PM
0.21
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise---6:33-------6:33-------6:31----
Sunset------7:22-------7:22-------7:23-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11-1-35---------
Temp. °C181717151514744581016141313107547101111
Feels °C (?)17161613139-2-6-4-25812101183-1-4-50435
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