Hitherhills surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 EDT
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Hitherhills surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hitherhills 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 Hitherhills today?

The current surf forecast for Hitherhills at 8PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.2
SSW
1.5
S
1.7
S
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.5
SE
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)885667777776666685666668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)545463144225385365246152947151393829473591806674604955
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
25
WSW
15
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
ESE
20
SE
20
S
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
10
N
25
NE
25
NE
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
0.81
9:39PM
0.97
10:04AM
0.79
10:23PM
0.98
10:51AM
0.74
11:12PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
-0.16
3:49AM
-0.13
3:46PM
-0.14
4:38AM
-0.10
4:30PM
-0.10
5:32AM
-0.05
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:48-------6:47
Sunset--6:59-------7:00-------7:00-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----251------------5811-
Temp. °C55677667691010767787878532
Feels °C (?)-1-3-4-3-2-314-1334312110425-1-4-7
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