Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
23.4°C
1.1° 

Rockaway surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Rockaway today (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 3PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
12
0.2
ESE
7
0.2
ESE
12
0.2
ESE
12
0.6
S
5
0.7
S
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
6
15
6
14
14
17
31
30
34
22
21
21
20
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
S
15
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
4:26AM1.11m
4:51PM1.42m
5:23AM1.17m
5:44PM1.48m
6:13AM1.24m
6:29PM1.54m
Low Tide
10:32AM0.33m
11:23PM0.25m
11:22AM0.28m
00:08AM0.18m
12:09PM0.22m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:42
7:39
7:38
 mm
1
4
1
Temp °C
22
23
24
27
28
27
25
23
21
20
22
24
25
25
22
21
20
20
22
24
25
24
22
Feels °C
23
23
24
27
26
24
23
20
18
17
19
22
23
23
18
18
18
18
19
21
22
21
20
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