Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
24.0° 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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 5PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (07 Aug)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (07 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 33°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
S
6
0.8
SSE
4
1.1
S
5
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.8
S
6
1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
1
S
6
1.3
S
6
0.9
S
7
0.8
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
16
19
62
75
78
44
47
36
47
62
58
76
137
70
56
44
44
30
20
19
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
15
S
25
SSE
25
SSW
10
NNW
0
NE
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:49PM1.58m
3:29AM1.24m
3:58PM1.61m
4:41AM1.28m
5:07PM1.67m
Low Tide
8:29AM0.17m
9:51PM0.20m
9:42AM0.15m
10:55PM0.12m
10:48AM0.09m
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:04
8:01
8:00
 mm
3
3
Temp °C
29
30
30
31
26
24
24
24
27
30
31
31
28
25
24
24
28
31
33
33
29
Feels °C
32
31
30
30
29
28
26
24
27
31
32
32
28
24
24
24
29
30
31
32
27
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