Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 27 Mar 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
3.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 5PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.7
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)888888777798668777455666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22916914611793555339262419117765109145078656795
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
25
N
10
NNE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
5
N
5
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
0.77
4:42AM
0.93
5:19PM
0.84
5:39AM
0.95
6:10PM
0.90
6:30AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.10
9:28PM
0.13
10:23AM
0.09
10:36PM
0.11
11:21AM
0.07
11:38PM
0.08
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:39-------6:39
Sunset--7:09-------7:10-------7:12-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C878644201354200012466667
Feels °C (?)104201-2-7-7-5-4-3-6-6-4-4-6-6-4-3-2-101
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