Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 17 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
4.8° 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 7PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SSW
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)677778888888778877789988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1001311391381421912052001611271279997765855961491443191108212268
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
0
SSE
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56PM
0.68
7:03AM
0.90
7:32PM
0.70
7:37AM
0.90
8:05PM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
-0.01
12:06AM
-0.00
12:54PM
-0.05
12:49AM
-0.03
1:32PM
-0.08
1:32AM
-0.05
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset--4:50-------4:51-------4:52-----
clear
cloud
light snow
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------12---------------
Temp. °C6511233431000-1-2-3-3-100-3-5-6-7
Feels °C (?)0-2-6-5-1-1011-3-5-5-5-8-8-10-12-11-10-11-13-14-15-15
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