Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 09 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
1.5° C
(Which is 3.1°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 12PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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 (?)
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SE
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)777777777666685666656666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10478776061616094927066373720163942454558130170176213
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13PM
0.68
12:42AM
0.79
1:03PM
0.63
1:38AM
0.76
2:18PM
0.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
0.10
5:47PM
0.09
6:32AM
0.15
6:36PM
0.14
7:28AM
0.18
7:32PM
0.17
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise-7:13-------7:11-------7:09------
Sunset----6:51-------6:52-------6:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1313121414118910108981011991010109999
Feels °C (?)109810118467745468677764543
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