Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
19.8°C
1.0° 

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 (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 5PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (26 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (26 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 69mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NNE on Sat night, calm by Mon night).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
E
11
3.5
ENE
10
2.5
E
10
2.5
E
10
2
E
10
1.9
E
9
2.2
E
9
2.5
E
9
2.5
ESE
8
2.5
SE
8
1.5
ESE
8
1.4
SE
7
1.1
SE
7
1.6
S
6
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.8
SSW
7
1
S
7
0.9
S
7
0.9
S
6
0.8
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2595
2410
1380
1290
739
593
812
1108
953
731
260
223
118
213
79
78
60
92
72
61
47
Wind (km/h)
50
NE
50
NNE
50
NNE
55
NNE
55
NNE
50
NNE
55
NNE
45
NE
45
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
0
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:00PM1.02m
8:18AM1.09m
8:37PM1.01m
8:56AM1.12m
9:17PM0.99m
Low Tide
1:31PM0.05m
1:47AM0.03m
2:14PM0.02m
2:26AM0.01m
2:58PM0.01m
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light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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6:43
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6:43
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6:42
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6:40
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6:38
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 mm
4
5
3
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2
7
13
7
1
2
9
7
4
3
1
1
1
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1
1
Temp °C
15
15
14
15
15
15
16
19
18
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
6
6
5
5
6
6
7
13
12
12
14
14
14
16
17
17
17
17
18
18
19
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