Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.3° C
0.1° 

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 (22 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 8AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (22 Jul)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (22 Jul)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 18°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Wed morning, calm by Thu night).

Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
S
8
1.7
SSW
7
1.9
SSW
8
2.3
SSW
8
1.9
S
8
1.6
S
9
1.9
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
1
S
8
1
S
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
7
0.6
SE
7
0.7
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
408
301
461
720
524
381
537
291
241
196
195
161
124
118
124
94
55
54
43
36
49
56
58
85
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
ENE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:35AM0.79m
3:14PM0.92m
3:38AM0.75m
4:11PM0.92m
4:38AM0.74m
5:05PM0.94m
Low Tide
7:51AM0.17m
8:42PM0.26m
8:41AM0.20m
9:40PM0.27m
9:32AM0.22m
10:36PM0.26m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:39
5:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:15
8:15
8:15
 mm
3
1
Temp °C
22
23
22
23
25
26
26
22
19
18
18
20
23
22
21
21
21
21
20
22
22
22
21
21
Feels °C
21
23
20
21
24
26
25
18
15
14
14
16
20
19
19
20
21
21
19
21
20
19
18
19
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fire Island surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest