Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.3° C
0.4° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 1PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jul)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (16 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat night).

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
0
1
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)
0.4
SSW
6
0.4
SSW
6
0.4
SSW
6
0.5
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
5
1.1
SW
5
0.7
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.5
S
6
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.6
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.6
S
4
1.1
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
10
17
23
57
25
19
13
13
8
9
15
9
9
8
5
8
13
9
9
10
51
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SSE
35
S
35
SW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
9:50AM0.99m
10:06PM1.13m
10:42AM1.00m
10:57PM1.08m
11:34AM0.99m
Low Tide
3:09AM-0.06m
3:17PM-0.00m
3:56AM-0.05m
4:08PM0.03m
4:42AM-0.01m
4:59PM0.08m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:33
5:33
5:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:21
8:20
8:19
 mm
3
17
1
2
Temp °C
26
26
29
29
28
31
27
25
23
22
25
25
24
23
23
23
23
24
24
20
21
23
23
Feels °C
26
25
27
26
26
29
26
24
20
19
22
22
20
20
22
23
23
24
22
19
20
21
20
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