Fire Island Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Fire Island in Long Island NY is an exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Ideal winds are from the northwest with some shelter here from west winds. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. It very rarely gets crowded here. Dangerous rips are a hazard of surfing here.

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Overall Fire Island Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Fire Island surf quality by season and Fire Island surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Fire Island:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Cupsogue	9 mi
Second closest break	Jetty 4	11 mi
Third closest break	Fire Island Point of Woods	15 mi
Fourth closest break	Point o Woods	15 mi
Fifth closest break	Road K	20 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Fire Island:
Closest wave buoy	Central Long Island Sound Buoy	30 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Long Island Buoy	37 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Western Long Island Sound Buoy	40 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Montauk Point Buoy	43 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	New York Harbour Buoy	50 mi
Tide stations nearest to Fire Island:
Closest tide station	Smith Point Bridge, Narrow Bay, Long Island, New Yo	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Mastic Beach, Moriches Bay, Long Island, New York	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Bellport, Bellport Bay, Long Island, New York	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Moriches Inlet, Long Island, New York	6 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Patchogue, Great South Bay, New York	7 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Fire Island:
Closest ski area	Powder Ridge (United States)	54 mi
Second closest ski area	Mount Southington Ski Area (United States)	59 mi
Third closest ski area	Tuxedo Ridge Ski Center (United States)	59 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Thunder Ridge (United States)	65 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Campgaw Mountain (United States)	73 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Fire Island:
Closest city location	Mastic Beach (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Bellport (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Brookhaven (United States)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	Mastic (United States)	5 mi
Fifth closest city location	North Bellport (United States)	5 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Fire Island is Long Island Mac Arthur (Islip) Airport (ISP) in USA, 20 km (12 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Fire Island is The Francis S Gabreski (West Hampton Beach) Airport (FOK), also in USA, 23 km (14 miles) away.
• Third is Igor I Sikorsky Mem (Stratford) Airport (BDR) in USA, 52 km (32 miles) away.
• John F Kennedy International (New York) Airport (JFK) in USA is 77 km (48 miles) away.
• Westchester Co (White Plains) Airport (HPN), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Fire Island and is 79 km (49 miles) away.