Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
18.8°C
1.3° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 4PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (04 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the SW by Wed morning).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
112
121
101
88
72
72
59
74
78
58
60
47
31
30
20
20
10
10
10
4
4
Wind (km/h)
25
E
20
E
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
W
15
WSW
20
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
2:53PM0.99m
3:44AM0.86m
4:07PM1.00m
4:47AM0.92m
5:08PM1.03m
Low Tide
8:42PM0.18m
8:55AM0.21m
9:47PM0.16m
10:04AM0.18m
10:46PM0.13m
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
15
14
15
15
14
15
18
19
19
17
15
14
11
10
11
14
16
15
14
Feels °C
10
12
12
11
14
14
13
13
14
12
13
10
9
7
4
4
5
8
10
10
10
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