Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 22 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
3.4° 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 6AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)8885556677777879998999810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)443232375771921091481611471361179966505051402827191830
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
15
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
ESE
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07PM
1.05
10:31AM
0.88
10:56PM
1.03
11:23AM
0.82
11:51PM
0.99
12:24PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
-0.09
4:19PM
-0.08
5:00AM
-0.05
5:07PM
-0.03
5:56AM
0.01
6:02PM
0.03
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise---6:52-------6:50-------6:48----
Sunset------7:05-------7:06-------7:07-
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------32312------------
Temp. °C66677898121063224431002422
Feels °C (?)121223551061-3-5-400-5-7-8-8-5-1-5-4
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