Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.5° C
0.1° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 10PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)--
Afternoon (28 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue night, min 19°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue night, calm by Wed afternoon).

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
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)
1.2
S
5
1.1
S
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
1.6
SSE
7
1.8
SSE
7
1.7
SSE
7
1.5
SE
7
1.4
SE
7
1.4
SE
7
1.4
SE
7
1.2
SE
7
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
78
74
94
140
130
139
230
306
251
204
189
194
188
160
94
119
87
65
60
Wind (km/h)
30
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
10
E
5
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:52PM1.01m
8:20AM0.84m
8:27PM1.02m
8:55AM0.86m
9:00PM1.01m
Low Tide
1:39AM0.12m
1:34PM0.13m
2:16AM0.09m
2:16PM0.11m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:10
8:09
8:08
 mm
1
2
3
6
5
1
2
1
Temp °C
24
23
23
23
22
22
23
22
23
23
21
20
20
20
21
20
19
19
19
Feels °C
22
22
21
23
21
22
23
23
26
25
22
21
20
20
21
19
17
17
18
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