Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 EDT
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Fire Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
3.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 12PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (16 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (16 Mar)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3.5
SSE
4
SSE
4.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)67889101011111010101010101010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3414695128241347204027314345219713751065896788622385298286275258217212180203172
Wind
(km/h)
40
SE
35
SSE
35
S
45
S
40
S
50
S
65
S
30
W
40
WSW
35
W
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
0.89
6:54PM
0.83
7:07AM
0.92
7:28PM
0.90
7:44AM
0.95
8:04PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
0.04
12:19AM
0.02
12:49PM
-0.02
1:06AM
-0.04
1:30PM
-0.07
1:52AM
-0.09
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise-7:01-------7:00-------6:58------
Sunset----6:58-------6:59-------7:00---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11253841----------------
Temp. °C911111111111385213430-1-2-2-100001
Feels °C (?)14433211-5-8-8-7-6-6-8-9-10-10-7-5-7-6-5-5
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