Rockaway Beach
Queens County, New York, United States
- No dogs
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:03 pm7.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
6.7
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.5
22 km/h14 mph wind, Good
6.7
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.9
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
7.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 13°C55°F
- Water
- 16°C61°F
- Wind
- 1912 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 4931 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.5 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:03 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 5 am, 0.3 m1 ft
- Low 11 am, -1.0 m3 ft
- High 5 pm, 0.2 m<1 ft
- Low 11 pm, -1.2 m4 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Rockaway Beach
Rockaway Beach is a 6.6-mile-long sandy beach located in Queens, New York, United States. It covers an area of 280 acres and has a nearby bus stop within 0.31 miles.
The Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is a public park in Rockaway, Queens, New York, composed of the 170-acre (69 ha) Rockaway Beach and the adjacent 5.5-mile (8.9 km) Rockaway Boardwalk. The beach runs from Beach 9th Street in Far Rockaway to Beach 149th Street in Neponsit, a distance of 7 miles (11 km). The boardwalk, a concrete deck, runs from Beach 9th Street to Beach 126th Street in Rockaway Park, at the edge of Belle Harbor. There are also numerous recreational facilities within the park, parallel to the beach and boardwalk.
Source: Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Parking5 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 370 m0.2 mi. Fee not listed
- Food and drink15 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Playground480 m0.3 mi awayRockaway Playground N
- DogsNot allowed
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 500 m0.3 mi
- Nearest town
- 6.3 km3.9 miAtlantic Beach (village)
- Nearest airport
- 7 km4 miJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Sun and Surf Beach Club4.5 km2.8 mi east away7.2 Great later
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 15.5 km3.4 mi west away7.0 Great later
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 25.6 km3.5 mi west away7.0 Great later
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 35.8 km3.6 mi west away7.0 Great later
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 46.0 km3.7 mi west away7.0 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.5 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.0 GreatBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
- Tue7.2 GreatBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 0%
- Wed4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 1%
- Thu7.2 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 3%