Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 EDT
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Fire Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
8.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 2PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)688855644555666666667766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3545555710275374847140302529252033322221
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NE
5
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
0
NW
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.86
11:42PM
1.06
12:27PM
0.83
12:48AM
1.00
1:40PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
-0.03
4:52PM
0.03
5:44AM
0.02
5:50PM
0.09
6:46AM
0.07
6:56PM
0.15
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:03-------6:01-------6:01------
Sunset----7:36-------7:37-------7:37---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------122-------------
Temp. °C43555554566888777712171715139
Feels °C (?)-2-31-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-13743444813141085
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