Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 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
4.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 6PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (28 Mar)1ft (0.3m)6s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)777766888884666666777778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2524151477666663787656783117144192161232252245337
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
0.84
5:39AM
0.95
6:10PM
0.90
6:30AM
0.97
6:55PM
0.96
7:15AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
0.09
10:36PM
0.11
11:21AM
0.07
11:38PM
0.08
12:10PM
0.04
12:31AM
0.04
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:39-------6:37
Sunset--7:10-------7:12-------7:13-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C0355422234566667810101011101112
Feels °C (?)-8-4-3-1-2-3-2-4-4-3-2-1-2-1-1014465567
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