Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
18.4°C
0.4° 

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) - 1ft (0.3m), 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 3PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)1ft (0.3m)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 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 24°C on Fri night, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
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Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
9
0.3
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
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.9
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
0.8
S
6
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
1.1
E
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
22
50
22
22
36
36
36
35
35
35
39
50
90
40
31
30
30
30
30
29
28
67
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
E
15
E
20
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:17AM1.09m
11:49PM0.86m
12:17PM1.05m
1:00AM0.82m
1:30PM1.01m
Low Tide
4:38AM0.07m
5:26PM0.10m
5:31AM0.12m
6:26PM0.14m
6:33AM0.17m
7:33PM0.17m
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Temp °C
20
19
20
20
21
21
21
20
19
20
20
22
23
24
19
17
17
16
18
20
19
18
17
Feels °C
19
18
19
18
20
21
20
18
17
18
17
19
21
24
18
16
15
13
13
16
16
16
14
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