Rocky Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.52° N 79.90° W

Issued: 6 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rocky Point sea temperature is

29.4° C

Rocky Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rocky Point today (16 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rocky Point at 2PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	13s
Evening (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Fri morning, min 26°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 16							Friday 17								Saturday 18
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	49	33	34	58	59	62	66	67	68	68	66	61	59	58	57	55	55	56	67	68	67	66	65
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide		5:04AM4.75m				5:20PM4.74m				5:53AM4.81m				6:10PM4.66m				6:41AM4.77m				6:58PM4.48m
Low Tide				11:10AM0.27m				11:33PM-0.06m				12:00PM0.27m				00:19AM0.05m				12:48PM0.36m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	2	4	2	—	—	—	1	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	30	31	30	28	27	27	27	27	30	32	30	28	27	27	26	26	29	31	31	28	26
Feels °C	31	31	33	35	33	31	30	30	30	31	33	35	32	31	30	31	29	29	31	34	34	31	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13
kJ	31	33	34	58	59	62	66	67	68	68	66	61	59	58	57	55	55	56	67	68	67	66	65
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	S 16	S 20	S 21	S 20	S 20	S 20	S 20	S 6	S 6	ENE 4	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	49	25	25	20	8	9	8	8	8	8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 21	S 6	—	—	—	—	S 6	S 6	—	—	S 6	S 6	S 21	S 21	S 21	S 21	S 21	S 20	S 20	S 20	S 20	S 20
kJ	—	9	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	1	1	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 3	N 3	N 3	NE 3	ENE 3	—	NNW 3	N 3	N 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 2	N 3	N 3	N 3	N 3	N 3	—	—	N 2	N 3
kJ	3	1	1	1	1	—	3	5	5	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	—	—	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	68	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	9	7	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	5

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