Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
17.6°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 (15 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 11PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)--
Afternoon (15 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (15 Oct)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Thu night, fresh winds from the N by Sat morning).

Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
1
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
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
0.8
SSE
4
1.1
S
5
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.1
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.8
NE
4
1.1
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
15
15
16
24
57
105
92
119
112
95
66
54
44
33
15
21
83
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
WSW
20
WNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
30
N
25
N
30
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:38PM0.77m
11:48AM0.91m
00:31AM0.74m
12:40PM0.87m
Low Tide
4:56PM0.18m
4:56AM0.22m
5:44PM0.22m
5:45AM0.27m
6:37PM0.25m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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7:03
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7:03
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6:10
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6:09
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6:07
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 mm
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3
2
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2
1
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3
1
1
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Temp °C
15
14
14
15
16
17
18
18
19
19
17
14
10
8
7
9
11
9
6
Feels °C
11
11
11
12
12
13
15
15
17
16
14
9
3
0
0
2
3
0
-3
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