Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 07 May 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
11.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 2AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (08 May)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (08 May)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the W by Fri afternoon).

Thu
7
Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sun
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.7
S
6
0.4
ESE
9
0.7
S
6
0.9
S
5
0.9
SSE
6
1.2
S
6
1.1
S
6
1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
97
48
47
45
32
21
23
16
36
31
32
35
32
35
42
54
99
94
81
70
70
64
68
86
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
0
SW
10
NE
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
W
30
W
30
W
15
NNW
10
ENE
15
SE
10
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
30
S
20
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
20
SSE
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
High Tide
00:10AM1.36m
12:56PM1.14m
1:00AM1.34m
1:45PM1.17m
1:52AM1.33m
Low Tide
5:36PM0.37m
6:37AM0.26m
6:27PM0.41m
7:33AM0.27m
7:42PM0.42m
8:33AM0.25m
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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5:46
5:45
5:43
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7:57
7:58
7:59
8:00
1
3
4
1
Temp °C
15
15
14
12
10
10
13
15
16
15
13
12
13
13
14
14
14
15
14
14
13
13
16
18
13
13
11
7
6
5
7
8
8
10
10
8
10
8
11
9
10
13
13
12
10
11
14
13
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
ESE
9
0.6
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.4
ESE
9
0.9
S
5
0.9
SSE
6
0.4
SE
9
1.1
S
6
1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.2
ESE
8
Energy kJ
54
48
47
45
32
21
21
13
21
31
27
35
26
31
42
54
21
94
81
70
70
64
68
7
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
8
Energy kJ
8
8
13
12
17
23
16
36
8
32
32
32
32
21
21
21
16
16
16
7
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
11
0.1
E
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.1
SE
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
10
0.4
S
4
0.3
S
7
0.2
WNW
3
0.1
SE
11
0.1
S
18
0.1
SE
11
0.1
SE
11
0.1
SE
11
0.1
SE
16
Energy kJ
5
2
8
5
12
10
5
8
1
5
6
5
5
5
10
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
7
0.4
SSW
3
0.5
S
4
0.3
W
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.7
S
6
1.2
S
6
0.9
SSE
7
Energy kJ
97
3
7
1
3
35
99
86
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
0
0
4
0
4
30
30
30
83
4
13
36
186
317
195
2935
360
0
0
24
0
0
24
195
Best forecast wave conditions in Long Island New York
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
1
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
6
6
7
6
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
9
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