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Rockaway surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 EST
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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
5.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 6PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (06 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s

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

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Tuesday
06
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07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
0.4
S
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)5555555510988888877777766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14151781788143713211890684530291817999944
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
ESE
20
E
20
E
10
E
5
WNW
10
NW
15
SW
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
1.59
9:59PM
1.38
10:10AM
1.49
10:51PM
1.36
11:00AM
1.37
11:42PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:48PM
-0.23
3:54AM
-0.07
4:32PM
-0.15
4:44AM
0.02
5:17PM
-0.06
5:37AM
0.12
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--------7:18-------7:18-------
Sunset--4:43-------4:44-------4:45-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C244565447775443335777766
Feels °C (?)-10-103310-100-2-3-2-3-2-21433311
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