Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
23.1° C
0.8° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 10PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)--
Afternoon (21 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (21 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue night, calm by Thu night).

Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
6
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
7
1.4
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.6
S
8
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.1
S
9
1
S
9
1
S
9
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
145
135
134
195
131
307
228
195
181
154
158
154
115
116
87
62
58
61
38
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
W
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
2:09AM1.22m
2:47PM1.45m
3:02AM1.15m
3:38PM1.44m
Low Tide
8:19PM0.30m
8:25AM0.23m
9:20PM0.31m
9:20AM0.27m
10:16PM0.29m
thunderstorm
mod rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:41
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:21
8:20
8:19
 mm
5
6
Temp °C
26
24
23
23
22
22
25
27
27
27
23
22
20
19
22
24
24
23
22
Feels °C
27
23
21
21
19
19
24
25
25
26
18
18
17
16
19
22
21
20
21
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