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Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 EST
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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
5.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 12AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.6
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)99101056677778888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19212729718310524010083911091199489696750422539403323
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
30
W
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
1.12
6:12AM
1.46
6:37PM
1.17
6:51AM
1.49
7:15PM
1.20
7:27AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.05
12:39PM
-0.04
12:36AM
0.02
1:20PM
-0.08
1:18AM
-0.01
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------7:16-------7:15-------7:15-
Sunset4:52-------4:53-------4:55-------
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C-1-1022232123320-1-10-10-1-2-3-20
Feels °C (?)-9-9-8-6-6-5-4-5-6-3-2-2-5-6-6-5-4-5-6-8-9-11-11-9
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