Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
20.3°C
1.3° 

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 (26 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 11PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 26). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)--
Afternoon (26 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (26 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 67mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the NE on Sun morning, light winds from the W by Tue afternoon).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
ESE
11
2.1
ESE
10
1.9
ESE
10
1.9
ESE
10
1.8
ESE
10
1.7
ESE
10
3
E
9
3
ESE
9
2.2
ESE
8
1.9
ESE
7
1.8
ESE
6
1.6
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.3
SE
6
1.3
ESE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.5
E
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1054
937
791
749
625
497
1219
1274
546
335
265
202
129
128
108
49
37
41
42
Wind (km/h)
55
NNE
50
NNE
55
NNE
50
N
50
N
60
NNE
60
NE
45
E
35
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
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
High Tide
7:53PM1.60m
8:12AM1.68m
8:33PM1.58m
8:50AM1.72m
9:15PM1.52m
Low Tide
2:10AM-0.06m
2:42PM-0.02m
2:49AM-0.06m
3:26PM-0.02m
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
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6:47
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6:48
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6:45
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6:44
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6:43
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 mm
1
1
3
9
13
5
2
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6
5
8
7
5
2
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1
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Temp °C
16
16
15
15
16
17
18
18
17
17
18
17
17
16
16
15
14
14
14
Feels °C
6
6
5
6
7
7
8
11
12
13
15
14
14
10
10
10
9
9
11
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