Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.5°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 (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 3PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (27 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (27 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.9
SSE
9
1
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
70
70
58
61
62
62
62
132
138
82
82
54
54
53
51
49
50
41
39
31
30
30
23
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
W
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
7:48AM0.92m
7:58PM1.03m
8:20AM0.96m
8:31PM1.03m
8:52AM0.99m
9:04PM1.02m
Low Tide
1:12PM0.12m
1:44AM0.09m
1:55PM0.08m
2:21AM0.05m
2:36PM0.05m
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:31
7:30
7:29
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
24
24
24
24
24
23
24
24
24
24
25
26
26
26
25
22
20
19
21
23
22
21
22
Feels °C
24
24
23
23
24
23
25
26
26
26
26
26
27
28
26
20
17
16
20
22
22
21
23
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fire Island surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest