Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
5.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)4s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)4555599101010109999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)445121350681171341571881841721651321321381411301301301069494
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31PM
0.66
1:47AM
0.79
2:53PM
0.66
3:04AM
0.79
4:01PM
0.71
4:12AM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56PM
0.23
7:50AM
0.20
7:58PM
0.23
8:48AM
0.19
9:01PM
0.22
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-------6:20-------6:18-------6:18
Sunset--7:23-------7:24-------7:25-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C234455667910101011126913141310866
Feels °C (?)-2-20012322444358-137885422
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