Fire Island Inlet
Town of Babylon, New York, United States40.622, -73.257Beach break · faces SSE (164°)
Spot guide
Fire Island Inlet is an SSE-facing beach break in Town of Babylon, New York, United States. It picks up swell from ENE to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 45% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNW: light winds or NNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SSE (164°)
- Best swell
- SE to SSW (124°–200°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- ENE to SSW (74.5° to 200°)
- Offshore wind
- NNW
- Tide
- NOAA station 8514961
- Wave buoy
- LONG ISLAND - 30 NM South of Islip, NY · 41 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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