Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.5° C
0.1° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 9AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (28 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 68mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 19°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.9
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.9
S
5
1
S
5
1.1
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
6
1.4
SE
6
1.2
SE
6
1.7
ESE
7
1.2
SSE
7
1.1
SSE
7
1
SE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
38
38
42
42
40
43
43
55
80
113
175
157
112
244
144
131
104
91
134
119
94
83
60
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:43AM0.81m
7:52PM1.01m
8:20AM0.84m
8:27PM1.02m
8:55AM0.86m
9:00PM1.01m
Low Tide
1:00AM0.16m
12:50PM0.16m
1:39AM0.12m
1:34PM0.13m
2:16AM0.09m
2:16PM0.11m
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thunderstorm
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light rain
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light rain
cloud
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:43
5:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:10
8:09
8:08
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
5
7
18
22
4
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
23
24
24
24
24
23
23
23
22
21
21
21
21
21
20
20
20
19
19
20
22
22
20
20
Feels °C
24
24
23
23
22
21
24
23
21
21
21
20
19
19
19
19
20
18
18
19
21
21
19
20
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