Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
22.9°C
2.0° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 11PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed morning, strong winds from the SW by Wed night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
1
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)
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
8
0.4
SSW
3
0.8
SSW
4
1.2
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
7
1.5
SSW
7
1.7
SSW
7
1.5
SSW
7
1.4
SSW
7
1.4
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
4
19
75
126
167
220
200
256
217
181
186
75
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
15
SW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
off
High Tide
6:16PM1.11m
6:45AM1.01m
7:05PM1.13m
7:32AM1.07m
7:51PM1.13m
Low Tide
00:01AM0.09m
12:14PM0.08m
00:51AM0.05m
1:07PM0.05m
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:12
7:10
7:08
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
24
24
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
24
25
27
27
26
Feels °C
23
22
22
23
24
24
22
22
20
19
20
19
19
20
22
24
26
27
26
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