Rockaway Surf Forecast

/ Long Island NY (34 breaks) / New York (44 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (40.57° N 73.85° W)

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Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 23 Aug 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 22.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 10PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (23 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (23 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s

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

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	Saturday 23			Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	5	5	8	7	7	8	8	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	162	151	128	111	109	81	109	85	67	84	79	59	42	40	40	31	33	39	86	80	86	80	56	62
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	W	W	W	S	SW	W	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 1.67				8:53AM 1.55				9:02PM 1.62				9:35AM 1.54				9:42PM 1.54				10:16AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	2:14PM 0.03				2:50AM -0.07				2:58PM 0.04				3:28AM -0.04				3:40PM 0.07				4:03AM 0.01

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	25	27	27	23	21	20	19	21	23
Feels °C (?)	18	19	18	19	21	21	23	20	20	21	22	24	24	22	24	24	25	22	18	17	17	16	18	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Long Island NY

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Rockaway (moderate winds from the S at New York City/JFK Airport 10 km from Rockaway). 0.9m 11s groundswell from the ESE with a 0.6m 4s local chop from the S and a 0.3m 8s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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1 h 51 min ago

24 km/h

Cross-On

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