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Rockaway surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 PST
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Rockaway surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rockaway sea temperature is
10.7° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockaway today?

The current surf forecast for Rockaway at 1PM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)171617161515161613131414141413131313201918181616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93133149190298233177253222222205207207192184137135170268260404498539879
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
E
0
NW
5
N
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
NW
10
N
5
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off		offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
2.44
12:49AM
1.89
11:20AM
2.47
1:18AM
1.95
11:59AM
2.46
1:47AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
1.09
6:13PM
-0.13
5:46AM
1.03
6:47PM
-0.17
6:26AM
0.96
7:18PM
-0.19
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-7:50-------7:50-------7:48------
Sunset---5:00-------5:01-------5:02----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1112131210101099101212101010991013121010109
Feels °C (?)6811107665579107765561197666
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