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Gilgo Beach

Updated Tue, Sep 22, 8:30 PM EDT

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Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

No upcoming daytime sample has current, finite wind evidence.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 2.2 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind NE 15.4 kt

Tide 3 ft falling

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellESE 3.6 ft @ 6sValid 2026-09-22 21:00 · America/New_YorkMarine grid 40.6250, -73.3750 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea5.2 ft @ 6.0sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-22 21:00 · America/New_York

Model windNE 15.4 ktcross-shoreValid 2026-09-22 21:00 · America/New_York5.1 kt offshore component

Tide3 ftfallingThe Battery station 8518750 · predicted height relative to MLLWRetrieved Sep 22, 8:32 PM EDT · provider issue time unavailable55% of adjacent local low–high range · descriptive, not a safety rating

New York Harbor Entrance buoy 44065 · south-facing western Long Island exposure8.5 ft @ 8sNDBC significant wave height from the reviewed seaward exposure; not breaking-wave face heightObserved Sep 22, 7:50 PM EDT

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Gilgo Beach
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	NE 9.9 ktcross-shore	1 ftrising	ESE 2.5 ft @ 6s
1 AM	NE 9.6 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	E 2.8 ft @ 5s
2 AM	NE 9.6 ktcross-shore	2 ftrising	E 3.2 ft @ 5s
3 AM	NNE 11 ktcross-shore	2.5 ftrising	ESE 3.1 ft @ 5s
4 AM	NNE 11.6 ktcross-shore	3 ftrising	ESE 3.1 ft @ 6s
5 AM	NNE 10.4 ktoffshore	3.5 ftrising	ESE 3.0 ft @ 6s
6 AM	NNE 12.3 ktcross-shore	4 ftfalling	ESE 3.1 ft @ 6s
7 AM	NE 10.6 ktcross-shore	3.5 ftfalling	ESE 3.1 ft @ 6s
8 AM	NNE 10.4 ktcross-shore	3 ftfalling	ESE 3.1 ft @ 6s
9 AM	NNE 11.1 ktcross-shore	2.5 ftfalling	ESE 3.2 ft @ 6s
10 AM	NNE 11.1 ktcross-shore	2 ftfalling	ESE 3.3 ft @ 6s
11 AM	NNE 11.3 ktoffshore	1.5 ftfalling	ESE 3.4 ft @ 6s
Noon	NE 11.7 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	ESE 3.2 ft @ 6s
1 PM	NE 11.7 ktcross-shore	2 ftrising	ESE 3.0 ft @ 6s
2 PM	NE 13.1 ktcross-shore	2.5 ftrising	ESE 2.8 ft @ 7s
3 PM	NE 12.4 ktcross-shore	3 ftrising	ESE 3.0 ft @ 7s
4 PM	NE 13.8 ktcross-shore	3.5 ftrising	ESE 3.3 ft @ 6s
5 PM	NE 12.4 ktcross-shore	4 ftrising	ESE 3.6 ft @ 6s
6 PM	NE 11.2 ktcross-shore	5 ftnear high	ESE 3.6 ft @ 6s
7 PM	NE 12.5 ktcross-shore	4.5 ftfalling	ESE 3.6 ft @ 6s
8 PM	NE 14.6 ktcross-shore	3.5 ftfalling	ESE 3.6 ft @ 6s
9 PM	NE 15.4 ktcross-shore	3 ftfalling	ESE 3.6 ft @ 6s
10 PM	NE 14.7 ktcross-shore	2.5 ftfalling	ESE 3.6 ft @ 6s
11 PM	NE 13.5 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	ESE 3.6 ft @ 6s

12 AMUnavailable

WindNE 9.9 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 2.5 ft @ 6s

1 AMUnavailable

WindNE 9.6 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellE 2.8 ft @ 5s

2 AMUnavailable

WindNE 9.6 ktcross-shoreTide2 ftrisingOffshore swellE 3.2 ft @ 5s

3 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 11 ktcross-shoreTide2.5 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 3.1 ft @ 5s

4 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 11.6 ktcross-shoreTide3 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 3.1 ft @ 6s

5 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 10.4 ktoffshoreTide3.5 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 3.0 ft @ 6s

6 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 12.3 ktcross-shoreTide4 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.1 ft @ 6s

7 AMUnavailable

WindNE 10.6 ktcross-shoreTide3.5 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.1 ft @ 6s

8 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 10.4 ktcross-shoreTide3 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.1 ft @ 6s

9 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 11.1 ktcross-shoreTide2.5 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.2 ft @ 6s

10 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 11.1 ktcross-shoreTide2 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.3 ft @ 6s

11 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 11.3 ktoffshoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.4 ft @ 6s

NoonUnavailable

WindNE 11.7 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 3.2 ft @ 6s

1 PMUnavailable

WindNE 11.7 ktcross-shoreTide2 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 3.0 ft @ 6s

2 PMUnavailable

WindNE 13.1 ktcross-shoreTide2.5 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 2.8 ft @ 7s

3 PMUnavailable

WindNE 12.4 ktcross-shoreTide3 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 3.0 ft @ 7s

4 PMUnavailable

WindNE 13.8 ktcross-shoreTide3.5 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 3.3 ft @ 6s

5 PMUnavailable

WindNE 12.4 ktcross-shoreTide4 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 3.6 ft @ 6s

6 PMUnavailable

WindNE 11.2 ktcross-shoreTide5 ftnear highOffshore swellESE 3.6 ft @ 6s

7 PMUnavailable

WindNE 12.5 ktcross-shoreTide4.5 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.6 ft @ 6s

8 PMUnavailable

WindNE 14.6 ktcross-shoreTide3.5 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.6 ft @ 6s

9 PMUnavailable

WindNE 15.4 ktcross-shoreTide3 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.6 ft @ 6s

10 PMUnavailable

WindNE 14.7 ktcross-shoreTide2.5 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.6 ft @ 6s

11 PMUnavailable

WindNE 13.5 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellESE 3.6 ft @ 6s

Tide

The Battery station 8518750 · MLLW

Interpolated tide height Recommended window

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Beach break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 40.62, -73.4.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 157.5° · Location provenance

Model request point: Gilgo Beach (40.62, -73.4). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 4/5 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier A · US_EAST · spot-level model point

Official breaking-surf report not connected for Long Island and New York CityUnavailableUnavailable · Unavailable

US National Weather Service Surf Zone Forecast
No current NWS surf-zone period passed the explicit per-spot forecast-zone assignment.UnavailableNo source time
New York Harbor Entrance buoy 44065 · south-facing western Long Island exposure
New York Harbor Entrance buoy 44065 · south-facing western Long Island exposure; NDBC significant wave height from the reviewed seaward exposure; not breaking-wave face heightCurrentSep 22, 7:50 PM EDT
NOAA CO-OPS Tides and Currents API
The Battery station 8518750; predicted high/low events above MLLW, converted to feet. Timestamp is retrieval time; provider issue time is not supplied.CurrentSep 22, 8:32 PM EDT
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 7:45 PM EDT
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 7:45 PM EDT
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.