Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 20 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
8.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 8PM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)777676785677734556665555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23148743251110101010615345172807127272018
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
NW
15
NW
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
10
S
10
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
0.90
10:43PM
1.11
11:21AM
0.86
11:42PM
1.06
12:27PM
0.83
12:48AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
-0.03
4:48AM
-0.03
4:52PM
0.03
5:44AM
0.02
5:50PM
0.09
6:46AM
0.07
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:01-------6:01
Sunset--7:35-------7:36-------7:37-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-------------121------
Temp. °C8910765445555556667888778
Feels °C (?)455-1-1-2-2-21-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-12565446
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