Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 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
3.9° C
(Which is 1.5°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 9AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
2
S
2.5
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)778888888877777668888456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)355447709275202181152119939069392523157766661585148
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SW
10
WNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
15
N
10
NNE
5
E
5
SE
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
5
NE
10
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
0.91
4:19PM
0.77
4:42AM
0.93
5:19PM
0.84
5:39AM
0.95
6:10PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:16PM
0.12
9:18AM
0.10
9:28PM
0.13
10:23AM
0.09
10:36PM
0.11
11:21AM
0.07
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise---6:43-------6:41-------6:39----
Sunset------7:09-------7:10-------7:12-
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-22---------------------
Temp. °C101011117686541-1135430012466
Feels °C (?)33970-22122-6-9-7-5-3-3-4-6-4-4-5-4-3-4
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