Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
18.3°C
0.5° 

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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 9AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (02 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
11
0.9
SSW
6
0.8
S
6
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.8
ESE
5
0.4
SE
10
0.9
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
1.2
ESE
6
1.2
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
7
1.1
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
35
35
35
36
37
50
41
32
30
30
30
30
29
28
26
35
39
54
77
103
113
99
113
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WNW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
20
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:49PM0.86m
12:17PM1.05m
1:00AM0.82m
1:30PM1.01m
2:25AM0.82m
2:53PM0.99m
Low Tide
5:31AM0.12m
6:26PM0.14m
6:33AM0.17m
7:33PM0.17m
7:42AM0.20m
8:42PM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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6:50
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6:31
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6:30
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4
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Temp °C
21
20
20
21
22
23
23
18
18
17
16
18
18
18
18
17
16
16
15
16
15
15
15
16
Feels °C
20
18
18
18
19
21
23
18
15
14
13
14
15
15
15
14
12
12
10
11
11
12
13
16
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