Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
19.0°C
0.8° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 11AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (30 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (30 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
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
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.9
SSW
6
1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
30
43
30
28
26
26
30
30
22
50
22
22
36
36
36
35
36
52
71
91
94
79
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
off
High Tide
10:24AM1.12m
10:51PM0.91m
11:17AM1.09m
11:49PM0.86m
12:17PM1.05m
Low Tide
3:50AM0.03m
4:32PM0.05m
4:38AM0.07m
5:26PM0.10m
5:31AM0.12m
6:26PM0.14m
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Temp °C
17
16
18
19
19
19
20
20
20
19
20
19
20
20
21
20
19
19
21
22
23
23
19
Feels °C
16
15
18
18
17
18
19
18
19
18
19
18
19
20
21
19
17
17
18
19
21
23
19
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