Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 01 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.6° C
0.0° 

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 (01 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 8PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (01 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (01 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 20°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds.

Sat
1
Sunday
2
Monday
3
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
4
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.8
S
7
0.8
SSE
4
1
SSE
5
1.2
SSE
6
1.5
S
6
1.6
S
6
1.9
S
7
2.1
S
8
2.1
S
8
2.2
S
8
2.2
S
8
2.3
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
49
48
44
31
28
27
25
16
44
57
22
56
97
167
213
347
513
583
638
638
805
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SW
20
S
25
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
W
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:00AM0.90m
10:06PM0.98m
10:36AM0.93m
10:44PM0.94m
11:15AM0.94m
Low Tide
3:39PM0.09m
4:06AM0.04m
4:23PM0.09m
4:46AM0.05m
5:10PM0.11m
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:07
8:06
8:05
 mm
1
1
4
1
2
3
1
3
12
3
1
Temp °C
26
26
25
24
24
24
24
24
25
24
24
24
24
23
25
25
25
24
22
23
24
Feels °C
25
25
24
24
25
25
24
24
25
24
24
25
24
24
25
22
22
22
24
24
26
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