Rockaway Beach tides
Predicted from Beach Channel (bridge), NOAA station 8517137, right here. Heights in feet above MLLW. Also covers Jacob Riis Park, Fort Tilden, Breezy Point and Rockaway Park.
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Water level now
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Highs and lows
- 4:40 amHigh tide4.7 ft
- 11:02 amLow tide1.3 ft
- 4:55 pmHigh tide5.3 ft
- 11:39 pmLow tide0.6 ft
Sun and moon
- Sunrise
- 7:11 am
- Sunset
- 6:07 pm
- Daylight
- 10 hr 56 min
- Moonrise
- 3:50 pm
- Moonset
- 2:06 am
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous 78%
The lowest daylight water is 1.3 ft at 11:02 am.
About Rockaway Beach
Serving as a premier urban surf destination, this peninsula covers Jacob Riis Park, Fort Tilden, Breezy Point, and Rockaway Park. It is famous for hosting NYC’s primary legal Atlantic surfing breaks, alongside opportunities for bodyboarding and walking the paved 5.5-mile Rockaway Boardwalk. Surfers live by the tide charts in the Rockaways; timing a session with an incoming tide pushing over the nearshore sandbars near Fort Tilden and Breezy Point ensures the most consistent, powerful, and clean wave shapes for riding.
This week
Wed
21 Oct
5.3 ft
4:55 pm
0.6 ft
11:39 pm
Thu
22 Oct
5.5 ft
5:49 pm
0.9 ft
11:55 am
Fri
23 Oct
5.7 ft
6:39 pm
0.3 ft
12:24 am
Sat
24 Oct
6.1 ft
7:05 am
0.0 ft
1:07 am
Sun
25 Oct
6.5 ft
7:48 am
-0.2 ft
1:49 am
Mon
26 Oct
6.8 ft
8:31 am
-0.3 ft
3:09 pm
Tue
27 Oct
6.9 ft
9:15 am
-0.3 ft
3:57 pm
Wed
28 Oct
6.9 ft
10:02 am
-0.2 ft
4:03 am
Thu
29 Oct
6.6 ft
10:52 am
-0.1 ft
4:51 am
Fri
30 Oct
6.3 ft
11:49 am
0.2 ft
5:42 am
The highest water of each day, and when it arrives.
King tides in 256 days
Water reaches 7.1 ft at 9:11 pm on Sunday 4 July, the highest of this run. See every king tide through 2030
Along the coast
The nearest New York locations north and south of here, in order along the coast. Each dot sits at its true latitude; where places crowd together the writing is nudged clear and joined back to its dot by a line. The region page lists them all.
October 2026
| Date | Tides | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thu | Low 5:54 am 0.4 ftHigh 12:02 pm 6.3 ftLow 6:44 pm 0.7 ft | 6:50 am | 6:39 pm |
| 2Fri | High 12:41 am 5.1 ftLow 6:48 am 0.6 ftHigh 1:04 pm 6.1 ftLow 7:49 pm 0.9 ft | 6:51 am | 6:37 pm |
| 3Sat | High 1:46 am 4.9 ftLow 7:53 am 0.9 ftHigh 2:09 pm 5.9 ftLow 9:02 pm 1.0 ft | 6:52 am | 6:35 pm |
| 4Sun | High 2:53 am 4.9 ftLow 9:07 am 1.0 ftHigh 3:15 pm 5.8 ftLow 10:13 pm 0.8 ft | 6:53 am | 6:34 pm |
| 5Mon | High 3:58 am 5.1 ftLow 10:19 am 0.8 ftHigh 4:19 pm 5.9 ftLow 11:14 pm 0.5 ft | 6:54 am | 6:32 pm |
| 6Tue | High 5:01 am 5.4 ftLow 11:22 am 0.6 ftHigh 5:19 pm 6.0 ft | 6:55 am | 6:30 pm |
| 7Wed | Low 12:06 am 0.1 ftHigh 5:59 am 5.8 ftLow 12:17 pm 0.3 ftHigh 6:15 pm 6.1 ft | 6:56 am | 6:29 pm |
| 8Thu | Low 12:53 am -0.1 ftHigh 6:51 am 6.1 ftLow 1:07 pm 0.1 ftHigh 7:06 pm 6.2 ft | 6:57 am | 6:27 pm |
| 9Fri | Low 1:36 am -0.3 ftHigh 7:38 am 6.4 ftLow 1:54 pm 0.0 ftHigh 7:52 pm 6.2 ft | 6:58 am | 6:26 pm |
| 10Sat | Low 2:17 am -0.3 ftHigh 8:20 am 6.6 ftLow 2:39 pm -0.1 ftHigh 8:35 pm 6.1 ft | 6:59 am | 6:24 pm |
| 11Sun | Low 2:57 am -0.2 ftHigh 9:00 am 6.6 ftLow 3:22 pm -0.1 ftHigh 9:16 pm 5.9 ft | 7:00 am | 6:22 pm |
| 12Mon | Low 3:35 am 0.0 ftHigh 9:38 am 6.5 ftLow 4:03 pm 0.1 ftHigh 9:56 pm 5.6 ft | 7:02 am | 6:21 pm |
| 13Tue | Low 4:12 am 0.3 ftHigh 10:16 am 6.3 ftLow 4:43 pm 0.3 ftHigh 10:35 pm 5.3 ft | 7:03 am | 6:19 pm |
| 14Wed | Low 4:48 am 0.6 ftHigh 10:54 am 5.9 ftLow 5:23 pm 0.6 ftHigh 11:16 pm 5.0 ft | 7:04 am | 6:18 pm |
| 15Thu | Low 5:24 am 0.9 ftHigh 11:34 am 5.6 ftLow 6:04 pm 0.9 ft | 7:05 am | 6:16 pm |
| 16Fri | High 12:01 am 4.6 ftLow 6:01 am 1.2 ftHigh 12:20 pm 5.3 ftLow 6:50 pm 1.2 ft | 7:06 am | 6:15 pm |
| 17Sat | High 12:53 am 4.4 ftLow 6:44 am 1.5 ftHigh 1:11 pm 5.0 ftLow 7:45 pm 1.4 ft | 7:07 am | 6:13 pm |
| 18Sun | High 1:50 am 4.3 ftLow 7:39 am 1.7 ftHigh 2:07 pm 4.9 ftLow 8:50 pm 1.5 ft | 7:08 am | 6:12 pm |
| 19Mon | High 2:48 am 4.3 ftLow 8:50 am 1.8 ftHigh 3:04 pm 5.0 ftLow 9:55 pm 1.3 ft | 7:09 am | 6:10 pm |
| 20Tue | High 3:45 am 4.4 ftLow 10:01 am 1.6 ftHigh 4:00 pm 5.1 ftLow 10:51 pm 1.0 ft | 7:10 am | 6:09 pm |
| 21Wed | High 4:40 am 4.7 ftLow 11:02 am 1.3 ftHigh 4:55 pm 5.3 ftLow 11:39 pm 0.6 ft | 7:11 am | 6:07 pm |
| 22Thu | High 5:32 am 5.2 ftLow 11:55 am 0.9 ftHigh 5:49 pm 5.5 ft | 7:12 am | 6:06 pm |
| 23Fri | Low 12:24 am 0.3 ftHigh 6:20 am 5.6 ftLow 12:44 pm 0.5 ftHigh 6:39 pm 5.7 ft | 7:13 am | 6:05 pm |
| 24Sat | Low 1:07 am 0.0 ftHigh 7:05 am 6.1 ftLow 1:33 pm 0.1 ftHigh 7:27 pm 5.9 ft | 7:15 am | 6:03 pm |
| 25Sun | Low 1:49 am -0.2 ftHigh 7:48 am 6.5 ftLow 2:20 pm -0.2 ftHigh 8:13 pm 6.0 ft | 7:16 am | 6:02 pm |
| 26Mon | Low 2:32 am -0.3 ftHigh 8:31 am 6.8 ftLow 3:09 pm -0.3 ftHigh 8:59 pm 5.9 ft | 7:17 am | 6:01 pm |
| 27Tue | Low 3:17 am -0.3 ftHigh 9:15 am 6.9 ftLow 3:57 pm -0.3 ftHigh 9:45 pm 5.8 ft | 7:18 am | 5:59 pm |
| 28Wed | Low 4:03 am -0.2 ftHigh 10:02 am 6.9 ftLow 4:47 pm -0.2 ftHigh 10:35 pm 5.6 ft | 7:19 am | 5:58 pm |
| 29Thu | Low 4:51 am -0.1 ftHigh 10:52 am 6.6 ftLow 5:39 pm 0.1 ftHigh 11:30 pm 5.3 ft | 7:20 am | 5:57 pm |
| 30Fri | Low 5:42 am 0.2 ftHigh 11:49 am 6.3 ftLow 6:35 pm 0.3 ft | 7:21 am | 5:55 pm |
| 31Sat | High 12:31 am 5.1 ftLow 6:38 am 0.4 ftHigh 12:51 pm 6.0 ftLow 7:36 pm 0.5 ft | 7:23 am | 5:54 pm |