Fire Island surf break

Fire Island surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
3.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 17). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (17 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (17 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
1
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSE
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)11101010101010101010109999999988998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2409163011089738677723853854463783192662262261101089716112911182545455
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
40
W
30
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NNW
5
WNW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.92
7:28PM
0.90
7:44AM
0.95
8:04PM
0.96
8:21AM
0.96
8:42PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
-0.02
1:06AM
-0.04
1:30PM
-0.07
1:52AM
-0.09
2:11PM
-0.10
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise-7:00-------6:58-------6:56------
Sunset----6:59-------7:00-------7:01---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C5223440-1-2-3-2-10-1-1000122334
Feels °C (?)-5-8-7-6-6-5-8-9-9-10-9-5-7-6-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-1
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