Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
23.6°C
2.4° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 12AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
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)
0.2
ESE
9
0.4
SSW
3
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.1
SE
10
0.6
S
3
1.2
S
5
1.4
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.4
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
7
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
3
8
8
8
7
4
8
68
117
106
141
112
94
133
141
42
31
29
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
5:56PM1.68m
6:32AM1.54m
6:49PM1.73m
7:21AM1.64m
7:36PM1.73m
Low Tide
00:28AM-0.05m
12:36PM-0.01m
1:16AM-0.11m
1:28PM-0.06m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:15
7:15
7:13
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
24
23
22
22
23
26
27
26
24
24
24
23
24
25
28
27
26
Feels °C
23
22
23
23
21
22
22
23
23
23
20
20
20
20
22
24
28
26
26
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