Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 21 Feb 2026 EST
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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
0.4° C
(Which is 4.1°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 7PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.5
E
2
E
2.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
ESE
3.5
E
2.5
ESE
2
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)7888877455678910111111111011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3049666142282631546413434284917302491275029341689903540334234180126
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
ESE
10
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
35
ENE
50
ENE
55
NE
65
NE
60
NE
55
NNE
50
N
45
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
0.84
10:15PM
0.92
10:32AM
0.79
11:06PM
0.91
11:26AM
0.73
12:06AM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42PM
-0.12
4:15AM
-0.06
4:28PM
-0.09
5:11AM
-0.01
5:21PM
-0.04
6:13AM
0.03
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:33-------6:33
Sunset--5:31-------5:34-------5:35-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C4675443222000010-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-5
Feels °C (?)-123210-3-5-6-6-9-11-13-15-13-13-13-12-12-11-11-11-11-14
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