Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
21.5° C
0.0° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 3PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (12 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (12 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Tue afternoon, min 21°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Sun night, strong winds from the SW by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
2 AM
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.7
SSW
4
0.7
SSW
5
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
1.1
SSW
5
1.3
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
15
15
14
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
18
19
13
21
27
61
111
131
118
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
15
SE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:09AM0.85m
6:34PM1.15m
7:07AM0.89m
7:28PM1.18m
8:02AM0.94m
8:21PM1.19m
Low Tide
11:33AM0.02m
00:34AM0.01m
12:32PM-0.00m
1:29AM-0.03m
1:30PM-0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:30
5:31
5:31
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:22
8:21
 mm
Temp °C
21
21
23
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
22
25
28
26
28
26
26
Feels °C
21
20
22
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
21
20
19
20
19
19
20
19
21
23
21
25
22
22
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fire Island surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest