Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
17.7°C
0.7° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 11PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (09 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri night, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Fri night, fresh winds from the E by Sun night).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
4
0.2
SSE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.6
SE
4
0.7
SE
4
0.8
SE
5
1
SSE
6
1.1
S
6
1.9
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
7
11
10
10
10
10
17
23
21
20
12
12
9
18
29
65
104
394
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
15
NW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:32PM1.04m
7:52AM1.12m
8:14PM1.01m
8:32AM1.12m
8:54PM0.98m
Low Tide
1:05AM0.06m
1:36PM0.05m
1:43AM0.06m
2:17PM0.05m
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
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6
15
3
Temp °C
21
20
19
19
17
15
15
16
16
14
14
15
15
16
17
17
16
17
17
Feels °C
17
16
16
15
13
12
11
13
13
11
11
12
11
13
13
14
12
13
13
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