Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 18 Jul 2025 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
24.5° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fire Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 11PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)--
Afternoon (18 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (18 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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

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Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)777778888888885555766669
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)555742353434333329283536432435383737354736303224
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NW
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
25
SW
15
W
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
0.99
2:36AM
0.82
3:27PM
1.01
3:54AM
0.80
4:34PM
1.05
5:05AM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
0.14
8:22AM
0.06
9:16PM
0.14
9:20AM
0.07
10:21PM
0.12
10:20AM
0.07
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:37--
Sunset-8:19-------8:19-------8:17------
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Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C252524232121232424232323232425272728252321222425
Feels °C (?)232423222020222324232324252727282629252220202122
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Long Island NY

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Fire Island (light winds from the NW at Shirley Airport 10 km from Fire Island). 0.7m 6s windswell from the S with a 0.2m 10s swell from the ESE and a 0.2m 9s swell from the SSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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2 h 37 min ago

9 km/h
NW
Clean
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