Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
18.3°C
1.0° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 6AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (06 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (06 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu night, min 9°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the SW by Thu morning).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.4
SW
3
0.5
SSW
3
0.8
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
1.4
SW
6
0.8
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
31
20
20
10
10
10
5
4
4
4
4
5
3
7
20
42
48
40
42
55
59
58
147
47
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:47AM0.92m
5:08PM1.03m
5:40AM0.99m
6:01PM1.05m
6:28AM1.06m
6:48PM1.05m
Low Tide
10:04AM0.18m
10:46PM0.13m
11:07AM0.14m
11:38PM0.10m
12:03PM0.10m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
13
11
9
11
14
16
15
14
13
13
14
15
16
16
16
17
17
17
18
18
20
22
23
20
Feels °C
7
5
3
6
9
11
10
10
10
10
11
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
14
13
16
19
20
18
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