Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
23.3° C
0.9° 

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 (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 4AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 23°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Fri night).

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.5
SE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.7
S
6
0.9
S
6
1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
1
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
35
36
26
33
36
28
20
26
18
19
31
53
64
78
126
108
113
94
82
47
47
46
69
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
NE
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
WSW
5
N
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
00:12AM0.86m
12:52PM0.97m
1:07AM0.82m
1:55PM0.98m
2:17AM0.78m
3:09PM1.00m
Low Tide
6:17AM0.07m
7:01PM0.16m
7:12AM0.09m
8:04PM0.17m
8:10AM0.10m
9:09PM0.16m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:01
8:00
8:00
 mm
2
Temp °C
24
23
23
24
25
25
25
25
25
26
25
26
27
26
26
26
26
24
26
28
29
29
26
24
Feels °C
24
23
23
22
23
26
27
27
27
28
27
27
27
26
27
26
27
26
29
29
28
29
25
28
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