Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 23 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
3.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 10AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)6777888888899991010101010101045
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12514913914012313513310495554127272028474631313118182539
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ENE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
10
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
5
NNE
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:56PM
1.03
11:23AM
0.82
11:51PM
0.99
12:24PM
0.77
12:55AM
0.95
1:40PM
0.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
-0.05
5:07PM
-0.03
5:56AM
0.01
6:02PM
0.03
6:59AM
0.06
7:06PM
0.09
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:50-------6:48-------6:47----
Sunset------7:06-------7:07-------7:07-
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-2921------------------
Temp. °C887432123100253333445665
Feels °C (?)562-2-3-4-4-2-5-8-8-7-41-4-3-4-4-10000-3
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