Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
5.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 9AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (29 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.8
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)888888456666666777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7666661890101867272801129812612810474103127152217287
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
1.46
5:53PM
1.43
6:10AM
1.50
6:42PM
1.53
6:57AM
1.52
7:25PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05PM
0.09
11:46AM
-0.02
11:59PM
0.02
12:32PM
-0.07
12:49AM
-0.03
1:15PM
-0.09
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:43-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset------7:15-------7:16-------7:17-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------12313---
Temp. °C43324710107899111013141413131313172120
Feels °C (?)-2-2-1-2-1022-102244710121111109131715
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