Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.4°C
0.8° 

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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 5AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (28 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 26°C on Fri night, min 18°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Sun night).

Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
9
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
7
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.9
SSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
86
84
82
82
66
64
53
51
50
44
31
30
29
28
29
32
33
34
24
24
25
19
46
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
W
5
W
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
20
N
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NE
5
ENE
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
8:20AM0.96m
8:31PM1.03m
8:52AM0.99m
9:04PM1.02m
9:26AM1.02m
9:40PM1.00m
Low Tide
1:44AM0.09m
1:55PM0.08m
2:21AM0.05m
2:36PM0.05m
2:57AM0.03m
3:18PM0.05m
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thunderstorm
clear
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thunderstorm
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:29
7:27
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
24
24
23
25
25
25
26
23
21
19
18
20
22
21
21
22
22
22
22
24
23
23
24
24
Feels °C
27
26
25
26
25
25
27
21
17
16
15
18
21
19
20
21
21
22
22
23
21
21
22
23
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