Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.5°C
1.3° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 12AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)--
Afternoon (02 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (02 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
1.1
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
1
ESE
6
1
SE
6
1
SE
6
1
SE
6
1
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
17
74
72
69
74
79
92
70
68
68
66
71
75
75
56
38
35
27
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
25
E
30
ENE
25
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
NNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
11:04PM0.91m
11:35AM1.04m
11:54PM0.87m
12:30PM1.02m
Low Tide
4:49PM0.09m
5:00AM0.06m
5:42PM0.12m
5:51AM0.10m
6:41PM0.16m
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6:18
6:18
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7:23
7:22
7:21
 mm
3
3
1
2
Temp °C
23
22
22
22
21
20
20
21
21
21
22
22
23
23
23
26
29
27
26
Feels °C
26
24
23
24
20
18
18
20
19
20
23
24
26
24
23
26
30
29
28
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