Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.5° C
0.8° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 12AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (16 Jul)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 36°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
6
1.1
SW
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.6
SSW
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
5
1.2
SW
5
0.7
S
5
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
5
0.6
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
89
86
29
25
16
17
17
17
17
28
46
79
29
23
22
15
15
16
16
10
23
21
19
18
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
W
25
NW
20
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:57AM0.97m
9:14PM1.17m
9:50AM0.99m
10:06PM1.13m
10:42AM1.00m
10:57PM1.08m
Low Tide
2:24PM-0.02m
3:09AM-0.06m
3:17PM-0.00m
3:56AM-0.05m
4:08PM0.03m
4:42AM-0.01m
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5:33
5:33
5:35
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8:21
8:21
8:20
8:19
 mm
Temp °C
31
35
36
31
28
27
27
27
29
30
27
30
28
26
24
24
26
26
25
24
24
23
24
23
Feels °C
30
33
32
28
27
27
26
25
26
26
25
29
27
25
22
21
23
23
22
21
23
22
24
21
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