Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
24.6° C
2.4° 

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 (18 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 1PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (18 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (18 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed morning, min 22°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.5
SE
8
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
44
44
49
55
61
59
57
28
42
38
35
26
24
22
22
39
38
12
14
14
14
12
12
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
0
N
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
glassy
High Tide
12:35PM0.96m
00:53AM0.83m
1:28PM0.92m
1:51AM0.77m
2:29PM0.90m
Low Tide
5:31AM0.12m
6:07PM0.20m
6:16AM0.18m
7:00PM0.26m
7:05AM0.23m
7:58PM0.29m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:44
7:43
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
21
22
24
24
25
24
24
25
25
24
26
26
26
26
25
25
26
24
23
25
24
22
23
Feels °C
23
25
28
26
27
26
25
26
28
27
28
25
24
26
26
27
26
23
24
27
25
24
26
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