Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
20.0°C
1.2° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 3PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (27 Sep)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (27 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the NNE on Sun morning, light winds from the NNW by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
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0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
ESE
10
2.2
ESE
10
3
ESE
9
2.3
ESE
8
1.7
SE
7
1.6
ESE
6
1.5
ESE
6
1.3
E
5
1.1
E
6
0.7
SE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.7
E
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
731
880
1135
670
276
191
151
99
77
71
90
69
28
28
28
24
28
27
13
13
28
31
32
Wind (km/h)
60
NNE
60
NNE
55
E
35
E
30
ENE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
8:12AM1.68m
8:33PM1.58m
8:50AM1.72m
9:15PM1.52m
9:31AM1.73m
10:02PM1.45m
Low Tide
2:10AM-0.06m
2:42PM-0.02m
2:49AM-0.06m
3:26PM-0.02m
3:28AM-0.04m
4:11PM-0.00m
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6:47
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6:43
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 mm
9
3
1
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5
8
10
2
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Temp °C
16
17
18
19
19
18
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
16
18
20
20
19
Feels °C
6
7
9
15
16
14
9
10
9
9
8
9
9
11
12
13
14
14
14
16
19
19
18
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