North Bar surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 EST
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North Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's North Bar sea temperature is
4.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at North Bar today?

The current surf forecast for North Bar at 4PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
SE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)88888877109991099998999989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26021714211151576569137217217232271203133191966292826191819
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
WNW
35
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
55
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
40
W
45
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
0.78
7:51PM
0.65
7:54AM
0.79
8:23PM
0.68
8:25AM
0.79
8:56PM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
-0.05
1:06AM
0.01
1:54PM
-0.08
1:48AM
-0.01
2:27PM
-0.10
2:31AM
-0.02
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--------7:07-------7:07-------
Sunset--4:45-------4:47-------4:49-----
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11101110-2-101-1-4-5-6-7-6-5-5-5-6-6-6
Feels °C (?)-1-2-5-6-5-4-3-9-13-13-12-11-15-16-16-16-18-18-16-16-16-15-14-13
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