Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
19.6°C
0.9° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 6AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Sun morning, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
E
10
3
E
9
2.5
E
8
2.5
SE
9
2.3
SE
8
1.6
SSE
8
1.4
E
6
1.6
E
6
1.7
E
6
1.1
E
6
1
E
6
0.9
S
8
1.2
S
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.5
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1928
1495
914
1149
719
283
117
164
225
89
71
108
155
84
60
37
37
50
34
38
36
43
46
47
Wind (km/h)
55
NNE
55
NE
45
ENE
35
ESE
25
E
30
E
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
8:18AM1.09m
8:37PM1.01m
8:56AM1.12m
9:17PM0.99m
9:37AM1.13m
10:01PM0.95m
Low Tide
1:47AM0.03m
2:14PM0.02m
2:26AM0.01m
2:58PM0.01m
3:07AM0.01m
3:43PM0.02m
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6:45
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6:40
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6:38
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 mm
6
1
1
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3
7
10
5
2
1
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Temp °C
16
17
19
19
19
19
18
17
17
17
17
16
16
14
13
13
14
14
15
17
18
19
19
19
Feels °C
6
8
13
15
16
16
14
12
12
13
13
11
11
9
9
9
12
12
13
15
17
19
20
19
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