Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 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
8.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 11PM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.7
S
1
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)555574556666666667776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55569174897115104413651534039313434232213128
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
10
SSE
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
20
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42PM
1.06
12:27PM
0.83
12:48AM
1.00
1:40PM
0.81
2:01AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
0.03
5:44AM
0.02
5:50PM
0.09
6:46AM
0.07
6:56PM
0.15
7:52AM
0.11
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:01-------6:00--
Sunset7:36-------7:37-------7:37-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---12533--------------11
Temp. °C5554455789766711161715121098710
Feels °C (?)0-1-1-2-2-2-305632347131411664426
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