Rockaway Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.57° N 73.85° W

Rockaway 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
23.2°C
2.2° 

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 (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 (0.7m), 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 7PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed night, light winds from the W by Fri night).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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)
0.1
SE
10
0.6
S
3
1.1
S
5
1.5
S
5
1.4
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.2
SSW
6
1
SSW
7
1
SSW
7
1
SSW
7
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
7
50
129
123
122
112
94
110
93
96
93
26
16
11
10
10
14
14
13
12
Wind (km/h)
15
S
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
NNW
15
N
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:49PM1.73m
7:21AM1.64m
7:36PM1.73m
8:07AM1.70m
8:21PM1.70m
Low Tide
12:36PM-0.01m
1:16AM-0.11m
1:28PM-0.06m
2:01AM-0.14m
2:18PM-0.07m
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:15
7:13
7:10
 mm
Temp °C
25
27
28
25
24
24
24
23
23
28
31
30
27
24
24
22
23
25
27
26
25
Feels °C
25
24
24
21
20
20
21
21
21
28
29
28
25
21
21
19
19
23
25
25
23
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