Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
17.8°C
0.7° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 11AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (08 Oct)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
1.2
SSW
6
1.1
SW
6
1
SW
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.2
SSE
8
0.2
SSE
8
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.2
SSE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
39
81
80
61
23
15
14
9
7
7
5
4
7
11
10
10
10
17
16
22
21
20
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
NW
20
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
W
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:28AM1.06m
6:48PM1.05m
7:11AM1.10m
7:32PM1.04m
7:52AM1.12m
8:14PM1.01m
Low Tide
12:03PM0.10m
00:24AM0.07m
12:52PM0.07m
1:05AM0.06m
1:36PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
17
19
22
22
21
19
18
17
16
19
20
20
18
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
Feels °C
13
13
15
18
18
18
16
15
13
12
14
15
15
13
13
14
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
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