Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm 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 3AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (05 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
S
1.6
S
2.2
S
1.6
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)667776777788888887777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39148232187111892335292751401201051108363624431292416121815
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
40
E
35
E
30
E
10
ESE
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
20
W
15
NW
10
W
15
W
25
WNW
20
NW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56PM
1.55
10:18AM
1.29
10:34PM
1.48
11:01AM
1.21
11:14PM
1.41
11:46AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43PM
0.05
4:17AM
0.02
4:16PM
0.13
4:54AM
0.09
4:48PM
0.21
5:33AM
0.17
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:31-------6:30--
Sunset7:22-------7:22-------7:23-------
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11-1182---------------
Temp. °C744581015141212107547101111887579
Feels °C (?)-2-6-4-25812121073-1-4-4-1225242-20-1
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