Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 19 Mar 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
3.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.2
S
1.6
S
1.8
SSW
1.8
S
2
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)999988899988888567777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1101081861527580806464645768685555731932993383521341109173
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WNW
10
SSW
20
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
15
SW
10
NW
20
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
0.96
8:21AM
0.96
8:42PM
1.01
9:01AM
0.95
9:23PM
1.04
9:44AM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
-0.09
2:11PM
-0.10
2:37AM
-0.11
2:51PM
-0.12
3:22AM
-0.12
3:34PM
-0.11
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:56-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------7:01-------7:02-------7:04-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------531-----
Temp. °C-1-1001122344455676557791110
Feels °C (?)-6-6-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-201-1-3-2-3-2141366
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