Rockaway Beach surf report
Queens, New York
Updated 7:03 AM EDT
What decides a surfing score
Scored on wave size, period and wind speed. We do not yet know which way each beach faces, so this does not account for offshore versus onshore wind.
Rockaway Beach is also scored for
About Rockaway Beach
Rockaway Beach sits on the New York coast, where the water runs from about 40°F in February to 74°F in July.
The water averages above 70°F in July, August and September — 3 months of the year — peaking around 74°F in July and dropping to about 40°F in February.
Today it is 75°F. That is 2° above the August average of 73°F here.
Tide predictions come from NOAA station Beach Channel (bridge) about 0.6 km away on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Frequently asked questions
Is Rockaway Beach good for surfing today?
Marginal — we score it 58 out of 100 today. The limiting factor is swell period at 6s.
What makes a good surfing day?
We weight wave size (45%), swell period (30%), wind (15%) and combine them into one score. Conditions we cannot read are left out rather than guessed.