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Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.5° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 2AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
S
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)888998666667777788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1851537967403651474755100141171181280382163176230200190157124127
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:50AM
0.86
6:18PM
0.65
6:28AM
0.88
6:56PM
0.68
7:03AM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
0.05
11:33AM
0.04
11:20PM
0.03
12:15PM
-0.01
12:06AM
-0.00
12:54PM
-0.05
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----7:13-------7:11-------7:11---
Sunset------4:49-------4:50-------4:51-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
--------------3---------
Temp. °C-2-3-5-5-4-20025566432444300-10
Feels °C (?)-11-12-16-16-14-12-9-9-7-3-4-2-1-3-5-30-10-2-5-5-6-4
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