Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
23.3° C
0.9° 

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 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 12AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)--
Afternoon (06 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (06 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 23°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.5
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.6
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.9
S
6
1
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.9
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
28
19
19
21
24
52
52
64
92
126
142
97
74
44
44
44
54
95
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
15
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
1:07AM0.82m
1:55PM0.98m
2:17AM0.78m
3:09PM1.00m
Low Tide
7:01PM0.16m
7:12AM0.09m
8:04PM0.17m
8:10AM0.10m
9:09PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:01
8:00
8:00
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
24
24
25
25
27
26
26
27
26
26
26
26
25
25
27
29
28
26
26
Feels °C
25
26
28
28
29
28
27
27
27
27
26
27
27
27
28
29
29
27
28
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