Rockaway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about Rockaway. Look, I’ll be straight with you—this stretch is not looking good at all for the next two and a half weeks. We’ve got a long, long stretch of poor surf conditions ahead, so we’re really in a waiting game here.

The water’s warm, way warmer than usual for this time of year—around 75°—but that doesn’t help when there’s no real push in the water.

Starting Monday morning the 7th, the swell is tiny, a mere 1ft of short-period ESE windswell, and while the wind is clean offshore from the NW, there just isn't enough energy to ride. The combined swell energy is a weak 23. That theme continues all through the first week: ankle-snappers at best, with waves rarely cracking 2ft. Winds are mostly cross or cross-offshore through the week, but it doesn't matter when the waves are that small. Tuesday morning the 8th is even smaller at 0.7ft, and the energy drops to 9. Wednesday the 9th sees a slight bump to 1ft in the morning and 4ft by afternoon, but that afternoon swell is a short-period S swell with a fresh cross-onshore wind at 19 mph, making for lumpy, messy surf. The combined energy hits 89, but it’s just not rideable.

We go through the rest of the week with nothing worth paddling out for—waves between 1ft and 2ft, with winds that are either cross, cross-off, or onshore. It's pretty grim.

The second week doesn’t offer much hope either. Monday the 14th to Wednesday the 16th, waves stay under 2ft, with cross-onshore or offshore winds. There’s a brief moment on Thursday morning the 17th with a little 2ft E swell and clean conditions, but it’s still poor. By Thursday afternoon the 17th, it goes glassy with a 1ft ESE swell—clean but too small to surf.

Saturday the 19th finally sees a bit of a pulse: morning brings 3ft from the SSE with a moderate cross-shore wind, and the afternoon pushes to 4ft from the S, combined energy reaching 145 (moderate), but the wind is a fresh cross-shore at 19 mph, creating lumpy cross-chop. It’s still not quality surf.

Sunday the 20th and into the following week, we’re back to tiny waves under 1ft with onshore or cross-onshore wind.

Bottom line: there’s no standout session in this entire 16-day window. The best we get is maybe that Saturday the 19th afternoon, but it’s blown out. This is a stretch where you're better off leaving the board at home. Rockaway isn’t delivering any surf worth paddling for.

Stay patient, keep an eye on the charts. Sometimes a run of poor conditions breaks quicker than you expect.

Rusty.

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