Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 13 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
4.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 2PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (13 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.4
S
1.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)899894577888887777666445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84997371943810029931533633645216911571382415137661641
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
35
S
45
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
N
10
NE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crossonononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
0.76
4:47PM
0.64
5:03AM
0.80
5:36PM
0.69
5:49AM
0.84
6:17PM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
0.18
9:34PM
0.17
10:27AM
0.15
10:33PM
0.14
11:19AM
0.10
11:28PM
0.09
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
Sunrise-7:07-------7:05-------7:03------
Sunset----6:54-------6:55-------6:57---
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C0022357777578520-1-1113577
Feels °C (?)-7-6-3-6-5-4-4-2-1-3-6-2-1-3-5-6-6-5-4-5-3-10-1
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