Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Issued: 7 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is

21.9° C

Fire Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fire Island today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 3AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (12 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 21°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SW by Tue afternoon).
	Sat 11			Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 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	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	21	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	22	22	21	13	13	13	13	13
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	E	SE	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross
High Tide		5:38PM1.10m				6:09AM0.85m				6:34PM1.15m				7:07AM0.89m				7:28PM1.18m					8:02AM0.94m
Low Tide				11:34PM0.06m				11:33AM0.02m				00:34AM0.01m				12:32PM-0.00m				1:29AM-0.03m				1:30PM-0.02m


	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—
	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	8:22
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	23	23	22	22	21	22	23	23	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	21	22	23	27
Feels °C	22	22	23	22	22	20	21	21	21	20	21	20	21	22	21	20	21	20	20	20	19	20	19	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SE 4	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	S 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	21	13	12	13	4	8	9	9	7	13	14	14	9	6	6	14	22	22	21	13	13	13	13	13
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 3	SE 4	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	SE 10	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 5	E 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	E 8
kJ	14	14	2	3	14	14	14	13	14	7	7	7	7	14	14	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	3	1
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 7	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 7	—	E 7	SE 4	E 8	E 7	—
kJ	4	4	15	14	14	14	15	15	1	15	15	15	14	7	7	3	1	1	—	1	1	1	1	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 3	ESE 3	SE 3	—	—	—	—	—	SE 5	—	—	—	—	—	S 5	SSE 4	S 6	S 3	S 3	S 3	SSW 3	SSW 3	SW 3	SSW 3
kJ	2	2	3	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	11	2	2	2	2	2	3	8
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Avon Pier Carolina North	Summerville Nova Scotia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Moose Nova Scotia	Osbourne Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Trayhan's Maine	Crystals New Jersey	Crystals New Jersey	Crystals New Jersey	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	641	750	660	613	68	660	660	883	884	750	813	752	751	751	751	750	750	750	750	411	201	201	201	750
Best forecast wave conditions in Long Island New York					Indian Wells
Rating (10 max)					1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	9	8	6	9	9	5	6

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