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Rockaway Surf Forecast
/ Long Island NY (34 breaks) / New York (44 breaks) /
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Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 EDT
How big are the waves at Rockaway today?
The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 8PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Rockaway. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 263 | 323 | 251 | 134 | 104 | 84 | 84 | 68 | 54 | 54 | 48 | 37 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 71 | 92 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross | cross | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:48PM 1.53 | 5:27AM 1.37 | 5:45PM 1.57 | 6:19AM 1.46 | 6:34PM 1.60 | 7:05AM 1.54 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:27PM 0.09 | 11:29AM 0.14 | 12:14AM 0.04 | 12:20PM 0.10 | 12:58AM -0.00 | 1:08PM 0.06 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - |
| Sunset | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Long Island NY
The wind is still cross-on at Rockaway (light winds from the ENE at New York City/JFK Airport 10 km from Rockaway). 1.6m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.4m 7s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 h 23 min ago
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