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Long Island and New York City · United States

Wednesday, Sep 23

Where to surf

Gilgo Beach7:00 AM–9:00 AM EDT

Strong wind — difficult conditions · Low confidence

5.9–6.4 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Strong wind: 16.9 kt · cross-shore

Cautions
  • Strong wind or gusts up to 29.0 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.
  • Strong wind or gusts up to 29.4 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.
  • Strong wind or gusts up to 28.8 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.
Other places to check
  • Ditch Plains · 8:00 AM–10:00 AM EDT · Strong wind — difficult conditions
    8.6–8.9 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 22.5 kt cross-shore
Why this spot?
  • This is the best time in the forecast, though wind may make it choppy.

Long Island and New York City spots

Filters

2 spots

Long Island and New York City

2 spots
Long Island and New York City surf forecast
SpotBreaking surfOutlookBest windowWindTideHourly timeline
Ditch PlainsSE offshore model swell · 2.4 ft @ 7s
UnavailableStrong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidence8:00 AM–10:00 AMNE 21 ktcross-shore2 ftfalling
Gilgo BeachE offshore model swell · 4.2 ft @ 6s
UnavailableStrong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidence7:00 AM–9:00 AMNE 16.3 ktcross-shore3.5 ftfalling

Long Island and New York City

2 spots

Ditch Plains

Unavailable

Offshore swell: SE 2.4 ft @ 7s

Strong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceWhen to go8:00 AM–10:00 AM
WindNE 21 ktcross-shoreTide2 ftfalling
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable19.51 ft
UUnavailable19.50.5 ft
UUnavailable20.50.5 ft
UUnavailable21.21 ft
UUnavailable21.61 ft
UUnavailable21.71.5 ft
UUnavailable21.61.5 ft
UUnavailable21.32 ft
UUnavailable212 ft
UUnavailable221.5 ft
UUnavailable22.51.5 ft
UUnavailable22.51.5 ft
UUnavailable231 ft
UUnavailable23.51 ft
UUnavailable23.11 ft
UUnavailable22.51 ft
UUnavailable23.31.5 ft
UUnavailable23.31.5 ft
UUnavailable23.72 ft
UUnavailable23.22 ft
UUnavailable22.32.5 ft
UUnavailable23.12 ft
UUnavailable22.81.5 ft
UUnavailable21.91.5 ft
Open hourly forecast

Gilgo Beach

Unavailable

Offshore swell: E 4.2 ft @ 6s

Strong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceWhen to go7:00 AM–9:00 AM
WindNE 16.3 ktcross-shoreTide3.5 ftfalling
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable13.81 ft
UUnavailable13.81 ft
UUnavailable13.31.5 ft
UUnavailable152.5 ft
UUnavailable14.43 ft
UUnavailable15.33.5 ft
UUnavailable15.14 ft
UUnavailable15.54 ft
UUnavailable16.33.5 ft
UUnavailable16.93 ft
UUnavailable17.12.5 ft
UUnavailable172 ft
UUnavailable18.31.5 ft
UUnavailable17.21 ft
UUnavailable18.12 ft
UUnavailable192.5 ft
UUnavailable19.83 ft
UUnavailable19.44 ft
UUnavailable18.44.5 ft
UUnavailable17.25 ft
UUnavailable18.44 ft
UUnavailable17.53.5 ft
UUnavailable16.53 ft
UUnavailable16.62 ft
Open hourly forecast

Seven-day outlook

DaySurfBest periodWhereWind
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 9.5–19 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 13.5–23.5 kt NE
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 13–28.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 13–46.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 15–44.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 5.5–34.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–15.5 kt varying direction
Forecast sources 3/4 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Tide prediction

NOAA CO-OPS Tides and Currents API

Montauk station 8510560; predicted high/low events above MLLW, converted to feet. Timestamp is retrieval time; provider issue time is not supplied.
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