Fire Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.73° N 72.87° W

Fire Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • 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 9AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

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

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Wed night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.6
SW
4
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
8
0.6
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
7
1.5
SSW
7
1.4
SSW
7
1.7
SSW
7
1.6
SSW
7
1.3
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
9
7
7
10
37
114
142
172
230
206
178
271
229
154
77
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:56AM0.94m
6:16PM1.11m
6:45AM1.01m
7:05PM1.13m
7:32AM1.07m
7:51PM1.13m
Low Tide
11:05PM0.13m
11:14AM0.12m
00:01AM0.09m
12:14PM0.08m
00:51AM0.05m
1:07PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
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
Temp °C
23
22
20
23
25
25
23
24
24
24
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
24
24
27
27
25
26
Feels °C
21
20
18
22
24
23
21
23
24
23
22
22
22
20
19
19
19
21
21
21
26
25
24
27
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