Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
18.3°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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 7AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (07 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (07 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.4
SW
3
0.5
SSW
3
0.8
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
5
1
SSW
5
1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.2
SW
6
1.1
SW
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.6
SSW
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSW
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.2
SSE
8
0.3
SSW
5
0.2
SSE
7
0.2
SSE
8
0.2
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
4
3
7
20
33
51
58
71
120
95
75
34
25
15
9
9
7
5
5
7
7
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
NW
20
NW
15
N
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
5:40AM0.99m
6:01PM1.05m
6:28AM1.06m
6:48PM1.05m
7:11AM1.10m
7:32PM1.04m
Low Tide
11:07AM0.14m
11:38PM0.10m
12:03PM0.10m
00:24AM0.07m
12:52PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
13
13
13
15
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
19
22
23
21
20
17
16
16
19
20
20
18
15
Feels °C
11
11
10
10
11
11
10
12
12
12
13
15
18
19
16
16
13
12
13
14
15
15
13
11
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