Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 31 Jan 2026 EST
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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
2.5° C
(Which is 2.7°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 11PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)--
Afternoon (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.8
NE
1
NE
0.8
ENE
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101045667891011111111111212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4441841428610499153209265276226222173196156156119102716948
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
N
30
NNE
35
NNE
35
N
40
N
40
N
35
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
0.80
6:48AM
1.02
7:19PM
0.84
7:36AM
1.02
8:06PM
0.87
8:22AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
-0.10
12:43PM
-0.14
12:46AM
-0.12
1:28PM
-0.16
1:34AM
-0.12
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------7:01-------7:00------6:58--
Sunset5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C-7-7-8-9-10-9-9-6-6-7-7-8-9-9-8-5-4-3-4-5-6-6-6-2
Feels °C (?)-13-14-17-19-20-20-20-16-15-16-15-16-17-17-16-13-12-9-10-11-12-11-12-8
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