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New York, USAbeach breakbothFaces S40.583°N, 73.820°W

Buoys near Rockaway Beach

4 active NOAA stations report within 150 km of Rockaway Beach. The closest wave buoy is NDBC 44065 (New York Harbor Entrance), 26 km SSE of the break and upstream of it in the swell window.

Stations are ranked by how much they tell you about Rockaway Beach, not just by distance: a buoy sitting upstream — in the direction the swell comes from (about SSE here) — registers a new swell before it reaches the break, so it earns a lead time; a buoy behind an island is marked as shadowed; stale reports rank below fresh ones. Readings are the latest public NOAA observations and refresh hourly.

Bullseye = the break · click a marker to jump to its card · ring = 150 km
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Fewer than 6 stations within 150 km — showing the nearest 6 regardless of distance.

Upstream — in the swell window — these see a new swell before the break does

  • Barnegat, NJ
    NDBC 44091 · Currents · 90 km S
    Awaiting live data
    Upstream · sees swell first
    A 12 s swell reaches this buoy ~3 h before the break20 s ~2 h · 17 s ~2 h · 14 s ~2 h · 11 s ~3 h
    Awaiting live data
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Lead times use deep-water group velocity (Cg = gT/4π ≈ 2.8 km/h per second of period) projected along the swell direction, at this break's typical period; a buoy under 40 km away reads the same swell the break is receiving. Upstream = within 30° of the swell direction; shadowing is curated per break. Observations: NOAA National Data Buoy Center. Ratings: NOAA GFS-Wave, PierMonkey Rating v3.