Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
15.4°C
1.7° 

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 (06 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 12AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)--
Afternoon (06 Nov)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (06 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 60mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Sat night).

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
8
1
S
5
1.1
S
5
1.1
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
1.5
S
6
1
SE
7
1.4
SSE
7
1.4
SSE
7
1.1
SSE
7
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
44
52
70
75
102
134
160
167
96
175
163
111
68
71
97
112
104
82
64
64
64
41
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
15
SW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WNW
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:40PM0.94m
5:07AM1.04m
5:28PM0.93m
5:49AM1.06m
6:11PM0.91m
6:29AM1.07m
Low Tide
10:08PM0.09m
10:48AM0.10m
10:52PM0.08m
11:35AM0.08m
11:33PM0.07m
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clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
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1
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2
6
27
18
3
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Temp °C
19
19
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
15
16
16
15
11
10
9
10
11
Feels °C
16
16
15
16
15
15
14
13
16
17
16
16
16
14
14
11
8
4
2
1
2
4
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