Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 27 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.1° C
0.3° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 12AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)--
Afternoon (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed morning).

Mon
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
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
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
1
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.3
S
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.8
SSE
6
1.4
SE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.5
SSE
7
1.1
SE
7
1
SE
7
1.2
SSE
7
1.1
SE
8
1.3
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
35
36
29
38
38
52
82
106
121
261
188
247
192
103
85
124
141
169
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
S
35
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
off
off
High Tide
7:15PM1.00m
7:43AM0.81m
7:52PM1.01m
8:20AM0.84m
8:27PM1.02m
Low Tide
1:00AM0.16m
12:50PM0.16m
1:39AM0.12m
1:34PM0.13m
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:12
8:10
8:09
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
4
3
5
5
1
1
3
3
1
1
Temp °C
24
23
23
23
23
23
23
24
21
22
23
22
22
22
23
24
25
23
21
Feels °C
23
22
23
23
22
21
21
21
19
20
21
20
23
24
26
25
27
22
20
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