Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 05 Mar 2026 EST
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Fire Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
1.3° C
(Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 6PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)8881095666779999999999667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8271641138397149170184128131227258243213213180184143116116108130148
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
0.92
9:03PM
0.94
9:19AM
0.87
9:41PM
0.91
9:56AM
0.80
10:18PM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
-0.08
2:38AM
-0.04
2:50PM
-0.05
3:17AM
-0.00
3:26PM
-0.01
3:58AM
0.05
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:16-------6:15
Sunset--5:45-------5:46-------5:49-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
441------------------1--
Temp. °C3321121001000012347888811
Feels °C (?)0-1-3-6-6-6-6-7-6-5-6-6-6-4-2-2-10444348
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