Smith Point County Park Current Conditions Summary

Smith Point County Park in Shirley, NY is a beach break. Current conditions: 0.5 ft waves, e 8 mph (onshore), falling → low. Onshore wind all day making conditions choppy. Smith Point County Park is an exposed Fire Island barrier-beach setup with rolling Atlantic surf, a large summer crowd, and plenty of room when the conditions are calm. Use it for mellow small-day reps, paddling, and timing the shorebreak. If it is dumpy, swept, or crowded into a tight surf zone, it is better as a body-surf or boogie day. Forecasts are updated every 3 hours using ML-corrected NOAA models with live buoy data from CDIP, NDBC, and IOOS stations.