Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 21 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
24.4° C
2.3° 

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 (21 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 4PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (21 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (21 Aug)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Fri morning, calm by Sat afternoon).

Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
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
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
ENE
5
0.9
ENE
5
0.8
ENE
5
0.9
ENE
6
1
E
6
1.2
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
6
0.9
E
6
0.8
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
SE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.6
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
35
32
47
81
131
137
64
48
25
24
15
15
16
11
11
26
25
24
23
23
24
24
Wind (km/h)
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NE
10
ENE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:01AM0.73m
3:33PM0.89m
4:08AM0.73m
4:32PM0.91m
5:05AM0.75m
5:24PM0.94m
Low Tide
7:59AM0.26m
8:59PM0.30m
8:56AM0.27m
9:58PM0.29m
9:53AM0.27m
10:53PM0.26m
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:40
7:39
7:37
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
19
19
20
21
21
20
20
19
19
19
20
21
22
21
21
21
21
22
24
25
26
26
26
Feels °C
16
16
18
19
19
19
20
19
19
19
21
24
24
22
22
22
21
23
25
24
25
25
24
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