Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 14 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
3.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 5PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (14 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
1.3
SE
2
SE
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3.5
SSE
4
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)88887777666445678991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25819616311168493523141271227863075597271667164025932958200116991322
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
E
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
30
ESE
40
ESE
45
SE
35
SSE
45
S
40
S
45
S
50
S
50
SSW
35
W
35
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
0.69
5:49AM
0.84
6:17PM
0.76
6:30AM
0.89
6:54PM
0.83
7:07AM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.15
10:33PM
0.14
11:19AM
0.10
11:28PM
0.09
12:06PM
0.04
12:19AM
0.02
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:01-------7:00
Sunset--6:55-------6:57-------6:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C878520001135879101111111111530
Feels °C (?)-1-2-1-3-5-5-4-5-5-6-3-11-20334312-4-7-9
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