Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
23.2° C
0.6° 

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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 4PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (07 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (07 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 22°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
5
0.9
SSW
5
1.1
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
1
S
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1
S
7
0.9
S
7
1.1
SSW
7
1.1
SSW
7
1.1
SSW
6
0.7
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
33
31
29
45
77
100
107
110
51
64
71
123
177
153
85
72
102
99
90
38
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
5
SSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:09PM1.00m
3:43AM0.78m
4:25PM1.04m
5:01AM0.82m
5:30PM1.09m
Low Tide
8:10AM0.10m
9:09PM0.16m
9:13AM0.11m
10:15PM0.14m
10:17AM0.09m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:00
7:59
7:58
 mm
2
5
1
Temp °C
29
29
28
27
23
22
23
24
26
28
27
27
26
27
25
25
29
29
31
30
27
Feels °C
31
29
28
28
24
24
25
25
26
27
27
28
29
29
26
26
29
28
31
30
26
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