Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
22.5° C
0.9° 

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 (14 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 1AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (14 Jul)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (14 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 36°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
4
0.8
S
4
0.8
S
4
0.7
S
4
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.8
S
5
1.1
S
6
1
SSW
6
0.8
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.3
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
21
22
17
13
13
13
13
15
36
80
69
41
23
16
12
12
9
10
10
10
11
10
6
Wind (km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
30
W
25
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:17PM1.85m
7:55AM1.49m
8:10PM1.87m
8:49AM1.54m
9:03PM1.84m
9:42AM1.56m
Low Tide
1:59AM-0.16m
1:57PM-0.08m
2:51AM-0.20m
2:53PM-0.09m
3:40AM-0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:35
5:37
5:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:25
8:24
8:24
8:23
 mm
Temp °C
25
25
23
22
21
22
27
31
33
32
29
27
26
26
30
35
36
33
30
29
27
26
30
33
Feels °C
21
20
19
18
18
19
25
29
31
30
28
26
25
25
29
33
32
30
28
27
24
24
27
30
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