Hitherhills surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 17 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
2.8° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hitherhills today?

The current surf forecast for Hitherhills at 5AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (17 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
0
1
2
!
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSE
4.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
S
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
3
SSW
2.2
SSE
1.5
S
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)1011111110101010101010101099999898889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2863410726371908132512491587951450573446378319261255110103108868682807259
Wind
(km/h)
70
S
75
S
40
WSW
50
W
45
W
35
W
30
WSW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
5
W
20
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.77
7:44PM
0.81
7:59AM
0.80
8:20PM
0.89
8:39AM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
0.01
1:12PM
-0.08
1:34AM
-0.05
1:48PM
-0.12
2:18AM
-0.11
2:25PM
-0.15
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---6:56-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------6:55-------6:57-------6:58-
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1111---------------------
Temp. °C12135202430-1-2-3-3-3-1-100001122
Feels °C (?)-1-1-5-10-12-8-5-7-10-11-12-11-10-7-8-7-5-5-5-5-3-4-3-3
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