Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 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
4.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 11PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)--
Afternoon (25 Mar)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.3
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
E
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)444445666677778777777769
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17211615225177919115325538717711294735752372626151712
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SW
35
WSW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
1.46
2:42PM
1.22
3:03AM
1.42
3:50PM
1.25
4:12AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
0.18
8:50AM
0.13
8:54PM
0.20
9:58AM
0.10
10:04PM
0.16
10:55AM
0.04
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise-----6:48-------6:48-------6:46--
Sunset7:12-------7:13-------7:14-------
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------12-----------
Temp. °C86779111318191518151298898752024
Feels °C (?)-1-201458141491197112322-2-6-8-6-5
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