Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 27 Feb 2026 EST
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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
0.8° C
(Which is 3.7°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 8AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
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 (?)
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)88888810998888777776109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13810476545574148130120867874755733313636161516121312
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
15
N
10
ENE
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
0.91
4:33PM
0.74
4:55AM
0.95
5:27PM
0.81
5:47AM
0.98
6:15PM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35PM
0.05
9:40AM
0.04
9:43PM
0.03
10:43AM
0.00
10:47PM
-0.00
11:36AM
-0.04
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise---6:28-------6:26-------6:26----
Sunset------5:38-------5:40-------5:42-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C3-1-2-2-1012234456788611-2-210
Feels °C (?)0-7-7-7-4-4-4-2-3-200124553-5-4-9-9-6-8
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