Rockaway Inlet
New York, United States40.557, -73.903Beach break · faces SSE (150°)
Spot guide
Rockaway Inlet is an SSE-facing beach break in New York, United States. It picks up swell from E to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 52% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNW: light winds or NNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SSE (150°)
- Best swell
- ESE to S (110°–191°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- E to S (81.5° to 191.5°)
- Offshore wind
- NNW
- Tide
- NOAA station 8517394
- Wave buoy
- New York Harbor Entrance - 15 NM SE of Breezy Point , NY · 27 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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