Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
19.2°C
0.8° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 10PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed night, min 16°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
44
46
46
30
30
43
43
29
28
28
27
30
30
50
50
22
49
36
36
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:01PM0.95m
10:24AM1.12m
10:51PM0.91m
11:17AM1.09m
Low Tide
3:43PM0.02m
3:50AM0.03m
4:32PM0.05m
4:38AM0.07m
5:26PM0.10m
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clear
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cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
20
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Feels °C
20
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