Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 25 Oct 2025 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
17.1° C
(Which is 2.4°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: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)988888999998888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12111111181820202020271824171616212020151515159
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57PM
1.23
10:10AM
1.47
10:38PM
1.16
10:50AM
1.41
11:25PM
1.11
11:36AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
0.21
4:42PM
0.17
4:28AM
0.27
5:21PM
0.23
5:03AM
0.32
6:07PM
0.28
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Sunrise---7:16-------7:18-------7:18----
Sunset------6:00-------6:00-------5:58-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C13111091113131312121110101213131210878101111
Feels °C (?)86446101087875689874213565
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Long Island NY

  1. weather stationWind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Rockaway (light winds from the NW at New York City/JFK Airport 10 km from Rockaway). 0.3m 9s swell from the SE with a 0.1m 5s windswell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
NW
Offshore
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