Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fire Island sea temperature is
18.8°C
1.3° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fire Island at 5AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (04 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
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
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1.2
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.2
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1.3
E
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.2
E
7
0.2
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
54
74
92
112
121
115
104
137
68
70
64
69
57
44
42
29
30
20
20
10
10
10
4
4
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
E
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
10
W
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
2:25AM0.82m
2:53PM0.99m
3:44AM0.86m
4:07PM1.00m
4:47AM0.92m
5:08PM1.03m
Low Tide
7:42AM0.20m
8:42PM0.18m
8:55AM0.21m
9:47PM0.16m
10:04AM0.18m
10:46PM0.13m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:29
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6:27
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1
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Temp °C
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
17
19
19
16
15
13
11
10
12
14
17
16
16
Feels °C
13
12
10
10
11
11
11
12
13
13
14
12
12
13
9
8
6
5
5
6
9
13
13
13
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