Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
24.5° C
3.5° 

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 (08 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 11PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)--
Afternoon (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu night, light winds from the NNW by Fri morning).

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
7
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
7
0.5
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
5
0.8
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.4
ESE
8
0.7
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.8
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
51
57
43
42
29
27
21
18
24
29
33
27
21
27
28
21
40
30
42
44
44
44
33
32
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
15
E
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
High Tide
2:24PM0.94m
2:38AM0.79m
3:31PM0.99m
3:53AM0.79m
4:37PM1.04m
5:06AM0.81m
Low Tide
8:27PM0.16m
8:37AM0.06m
9:29PM0.13m
9:34AM0.05m
10:32PM0.10m
10:33AM0.04m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:28
5:28
5:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:23
8:23
8:23
8:22
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
23
22
22
21
21
22
23
23
23
23
23
22
23
24
27
28
29
28
26
24
23
23
25
24
Feels °C
21
21
20
20
20
22
22
22
22
22
24
24
25
27
29
29
29
29
28
26
25
24
25
24
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