Rockaway Beach · Tillamook County · Oregon
Rockaway Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Oregon
Rockaway Beach, Oregon: 10–11 ft, well overhead to double overhead, at 5 am PST on Tuesday, Nov 10, rated Fair. The main swell is 10.7 ft at 13 seconds from the west-southwest, with an 18 mph cross-shore wind from the south, gusting 29 mph. Water is about 54°F, so a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion; the next low tide is 4.0 ft at 6 am.
10–11 ft
well overhead to double overhead · occasional 13 ft
- Swell
- 10.7 ft · 13 s · WSW
- Wind
- 18 mph (S), gusts 29cross-shore
- Tide
- 4.3 ft fallinglow 4.0 ft at 6 am
- Water
- 54°F4/3–5/4 hooded
- Air
- 55°Ffeels like 45°F
- Sun
- rise 7:08 amset 4:51 pm
Rockaway Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Rockaway Beach: 10 am, Poor to Fair, on a rising high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Rockaway Beach: 9 am, Good, on a rising mid tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 am | 9–11 ft | Poor | 24 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 38 | 4.3 ft |
| 8 am | 10–11 ft | Poor | 23 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 37 | 5.3 ft |
| 9 am | 12–13 ft | Poor | 24 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 6.6 ft |
| 10 am | 12–14 ft | Poor to Fair | 23 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 36 | 8.0 ft |
| 11 am | 12–14 ft | Poor | 26 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 40 | 9.0 ft |
| 12 pm | 12–14 ft | Poor | 28 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 43 | 9.4 ft |
| 1 pm | 10–12 ft | Poor | 28 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 44 | 8.9 ft |
| 2 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor | 27 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 42 | 7.5 ft |
| 3 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor | 27 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 42 | 5.6 ft |
| 4 pm | 10–11 ft | Poor | 25 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 39 | 3.5 ft |
| 5 pm | 8–9 ft | Poor | 25 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 38 | 1.5 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 am | 10–11 ft | Poor to Fair | 21 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 33 | 4.7 ft |
| 8 am | 10–11 ft | Fair | 19 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 29 | 5.3 ft |
| 9 am | 11–12 ft | Good | 18 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 28 | 6.5 ft |
| 10 am | 11–12 ft | Fair | 19 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 30 | 7.8 ft |
| 11 am | 11–13 ft | Poor to Fair | 23 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 36 | 9.0 ft |
| 12 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor | 24 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 38 | 9.6 ft |
| 1 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor | 24 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 9.5 ft |
| 2 pm | 11–12 ft | Poor | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 35 | 8.6 ft |
| 3 pm | 10–11 ft | Poor to Fair | 21 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 33 | 6.9 ft |
| 4 pm | 10–11 ft | Poor to Fair | 20 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 32 | 4.9 ft |
| 5 pm | 9–10 ft | Poor to Fair | 19 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 30 | 2.9 ft |
Rockaway Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 5 am, sets at Rockaway Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 11.3 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 38 s
- Lulls
- about 127 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 87% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.9 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Rockaway Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Rockaway Beach: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 15–19 ft, and the best-rated day is Saturday, Nov 14 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 15–19 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 10–12 ft and Fair.
Fri, Nov 20 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Rockaway Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | 8–14 ft | Poor to Fair | 10.7 ft · 13 s · WSW | 23 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 37 | 27 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 42 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 9–13 ft | Good | 8.9 ft · 13 s · WSW | 19 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 29 | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 35 | 9 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 10–16 ft | Great | 13.8 ft · 14 s · WSW | 8 mph offshore (SE) | 10 mph cross-shore (S) | 7 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 10–14 ft | Fair | 8.4 ft · 13 s · W | 35 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 54 | 36 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 50 | 4 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 15–19 ft | Great | 22.9 ft · 18 s · WSW | 17 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 23 | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 32 | 10 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 10–12 ft | Fair | 6.5 ft · 14 s · W | 19 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 27 | 18 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 24 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 15–19 ft | Great | 23.0 ft · 18 s · W | 12 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 19 | 14 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 25 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 11–14 ft | Great | — | 9 mph cross-shore (SSE) | 14 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 19 | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 8–12 ft | Great | — | 9 mph offshore (SE), gusts 16 | 18 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 28 | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 9–13 ft | Great | — | 6 mph cross-shore (N) | 7 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 7 am |
| Fri, Nov 20 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Rockaway Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Rockaway Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Rockaway Beach today, Tuesday, Nov 10: high 7.8 ft at 12:51 am, low 4.0 ft at 6 am, high 9.4 ft at 11:54 am and low -0.1 ft at 6:51 pm. At 5 am the tide is 4.3 ft and falling.
Rockaway Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | High 7.8 ft at 12:51 amLow 4.0 ft at 6 amHigh 9.4 ft at 11:54 amLow -0.1 ft at 6:51 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 7.9 ft at 1:34 amLow 4.6 ft at 6:32 amHigh 9.7 ft at 12:22 pmLow 0.4 ft at 7:27 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 7.7 ft at 2:11 amLow 4.9 ft at 7:05 amHigh 9.5 ft at 12:57 pmLow 1.0 ft at 8:03 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 8.2 ft at 3:02 amLow 6.0 ft at 7:41 amHigh 10.1 ft at 1:36 pmLow 2.1 ft at 8:50 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 8.2 ft at 3:43 amLow 6.1 ft at 8:34 amHigh 9.2 ft at 2:09 pmLow 2.1 ft at 9:32 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 8.0 ft at 4:40 amLow 6.3 ft at 9:27 amHigh 8.8 ft at 2:58 pmLow 2.3 ft at 10:26 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 7.5 ft at 5:31 amLow 5.6 ft at 10:46 amHigh 7.4 ft at 3:54 pmLow 2.1 ft at 11:13 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 7.5 ft at 6:27 amLow 5.1 ft at 12:04 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Rockaway Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Rockaway Beach is about 54°F on Tuesday, Nov 10. With the air feeling like 45°F and an 18 mph wind, a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 54 and 55°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Rockaway Beach
- Barview Jetty2.8 mi S · 10–12 ft · Good
- Manzanita7.5 mi N · 11–13 ft · Fair
- Neahkahnie Point8.0 mi N · 10–11 ft · Poor to Fair
- Short Beach9.6 mi S · 11–12 ft · Fair
- Short Sands10 mi N · 10–12 ft · Poor
- Oceanside11 mi S · 12–14 ft · Poor
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Other spots named Rockaway Beach: Rockaway Beach, Pacifica, California
About Rockaway Beach
Rockaway Beach is a beach break in Rockaway Beach, Tillamook County, Oregon, facing west. Also called Rockaway.
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