Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
15.4°C
1.7° 

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 (05 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (05 Nov)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 69mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
4
0.4
SE
9
0.8
S
5
0.5
SE
9
1
S
5
1
S
5
1
S
5
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSE
6
1
S
6
1.4
S
6
1.6
S
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.4
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
7
1.2
SSE
7
0.7
SE
8
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
1
SE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.9
SE
8
1
SE
8
1
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
28
29
38
48
54
58
43
50
68
141
196
131
163
145
121
69
91
117
132
129
104
109
123
126
93
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
25
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
25
NNW
20
NW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:20AM0.99m
4:40PM0.94m
5:07AM1.04m
5:28PM0.93m
5:49AM1.06m
6:11PM0.91m
6:29AM1.07m
Low Tide
9:55AM0.13m
10:08PM0.09m
10:48AM0.10m
10:52PM0.08m
11:35AM0.08m
11:33PM0.07m
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6:28
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3
5
11
15
13
7
5
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4
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Temp °C
18
18
18
19
19
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
17
17
16
17
16
15
15
16
15
15
14
13
14
17
16
17
14
14
13
12
11
11
8
10
6
6
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