Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.9°C
1.1° 

Fire Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fire Island today (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 1PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (26 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (26 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at Fire Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Thu night).

Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
1
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
17
32
29
38
57
57
62
58
55
55
58
62
62
62
62
61
67
58
55
54
53
60
67
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
NNW
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
7:14AM0.87m
7:25PM1.02m
7:48AM0.92m
7:58PM1.03m
8:20AM0.96m
8:31PM1.03m
Low Tide
12:27PM0.16m
1:06AM0.12m
1:12PM0.12m
1:44AM0.09m
1:55PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:32
7:31
7:30
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
20
20
22
22
23
23
23
23
24
24
25
25
25
23
23
23
24
24
25
26
26
26
26
Feels °C
20
20
23
20
21
22
22
22
24
24
24
23
23
21
24
25
26
27
27
28
27
28
28
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