Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
18.6°C
0.7° 

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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 6PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sun afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
0.9
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.5
ESE
6
1.5
ESE
7
1.5
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
7
1.5
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
35
34
33
33
31
30
30
30
30
30
29
29
50
92
134
177
195
200
181
220
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
35
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
12:17PM1.59m
1:04AM1.27m
1:23PM1.55m
2:10AM1.27m
2:29PM1.52m
Low Tide
6:59PM0.19m
6:54AM0.23m
8:15PM0.20m
8:15AM0.26m
9:25PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
24
28
28
23
21
19
18
17
19
20
19
19
18
17
16
16
16
15
15
15
16
Feels °C
22
25
26
21
19
16
14
13
14
17
16
15
14
13
11
10
10
9
9
12
15
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