Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
19.0°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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 12AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (01 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 24°C on Fri night, min 15°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.9
SSW
6
1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
26
26
30
30
50
50
22
22
36
36
36
35
37
50
67
86
146
76
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WNW
15
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
off
High Tide
10:51PM0.91m
11:17AM1.09m
11:49PM0.86m
12:17PM1.05m
Low Tide
4:32PM0.05m
4:38AM0.07m
5:26PM0.10m
5:31AM0.12m
6:26PM0.14m
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Temp °C
18
18
18
19
20
19
20
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21
21
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22
22
24
21
Feels °C
18
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24
20
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