Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
20.3°C
1.4° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 4PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 2.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (25 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (25 Sep)11ft (3.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 102mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (gales from the NNE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Sun night).

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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)
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
ESE
12
3.5
E
11
3
ESE
12
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
11
3.5
E
11
3.5
E
11
3.5
E
11
3
E
11
3
E
10
3
E
10
3.5
E
10
3
E
9
2.5
ESE
8
2.1
SE
8
1.1
E
9
1.2
E
9
0.9
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2237
2865
2504
3071
3355
3462
3227
3368
3134
2558
2301
1714
1790
2140
1485
869
567
190
235
75
67
Wind (km/h)
40
NE
40
NNE
45
NNE
55
NNE
55
NNE
60
NNE
60
NE
60
NNE
55
NE
60
NNE
60
NNE
60
NNE
60
NNE
60
NNE
60
NE
45
E
35
ESE
25
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
7:26PM1.02m
7:44AM1.05m
8:00PM1.02m
8:18AM1.09m
8:37PM1.01m
Low Tide
12:47PM0.10m
1:07AM0.07m
1:31PM0.05m
1:47AM0.03m
2:14PM0.02m
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
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6:41
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6:43
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6:44
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6:42
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6:40
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 mm
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1
8
8
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1
1
2
4
8
8
10
2
7
4
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1
4
8
10
Temp °C
16
19
16
13
13
13
14
14
15
14
14
14
15
16
17
20
19
19
18
18
18
Feels °C
7
10
6
2
2
1
3
3
5
4
3
3
5
6
7
15
14
16
14
14
16
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