The Freeport, NY marine forecast covers live wind speed and gusts, tide predictions, wave conditions, and major and minor solunar feeding times, updated continuously from NOAA and Open-Meteo. The strongest fishing windows usually line up with the moving tide and the solunar periods shown below — check current conditions before you head out.
By Steve Wilson, lifelong angler & founder of My Marine Forecast
Last updated: Sep 15, 2026, 8:00 AM
On Tuesday, September 15, Freeport, NY sees high tide at 2:51 AM (7.5 ft) and 2:52 PM (8.0 ft), low tide at 8:48 AM (0.9 ft) and 9:45 PM (0.7 ft). Winds 3–7 mph from the E gusting to 20 mph. Air temperatures 54–72°F. Current water temperature is about 73°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Station 8516945
| High tide | 2:51 AM | 7.5 ft |
| Low tide | 8:48 AM | 0.9 ft |
| High tide | 2:52 PM | 8.0 ft |
| Low tide | 9:45 PM | 0.7 ft |
Wind
3–7 mph E
Gusts
20 mph
Air Temp
54–72°F
Water Temp
73°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8516945 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Freeport sits on the south shore of Long Island where the back bays of Jones Beach Island and the Great South Bay provide protected inshore fishing close to New York City. The Freeport Inlet and the back bay channels hold summer flounder, striped bass, and bluefish throughout the warm months. It's the most accessible saltwater fishing within range of the metro area.
Fluke fishing in the channels and around the jetty is the dominant Summer activity. Drifting with bucktails and Gulp! is standard, and keeper fluke are caught on most trips. Striped bass show up in the back bays in Spring and again in Fall, and the canal-side night fishing during the migration can be productive from shore.
The party boat fleet out of Freeport is one of the largest on the East Coast. Head boats make daily runs to the nearshore porgy and sea bass grounds, providing affordable access to consistent fishing. In Summer, private boats can reach the mahi and bluefin tuna that show up on the temperature breaks south of the inlet.
Great South Bay is largely protected but can get rough in a sustained south wind. The channels and back areas stay calmer. The inlet is straightforward in most conditions, but check the bar when any east swell is running before heading outside.
Spring: Stripers move along Jones Beach and into the bays in April and May, first schoolies on clams and small plugs, then bigger fish on the bunker schools that stack off the beach. Bluefish flood Jones Inlet in May, weakfish make a modest spring showing in the bay, and fluke settle into the channels well before most anglers start drifting for them.
Summer: Fluke are the everyday fishery, drifted in Jones Inlet, the Loop Channel area and the ocean lumps, with the Freeport open boats sailing twice daily from Woodcleft Canal. Blues and Spanish mackerel work the inlet on flood tides, kingfish hit the surf, and sharks and tuna are within range for the offshore-rigged crowd.
Fall: The fall run funnels along Jones Beach from late September through November: albies first, then waves of stripers and blues on sand eels and peanut bunker, often within surf range at the West End. Blackfish open on the inlet rocks and nearshore wrecks in October, and sea bass fishing peaks before the late-year closures.
Winter: A few party boats keep sailing for cod and ling on the offshore wrecks, weather permitting, and holdover stripers winter in the deeper bay channels and canals for catch-and-release regulars. Otherwise the Nautical Mile goes quiet, and the fleet rigs through the cold months for the April striper opener.
Jones Inlet is the funnel for everything entering and leaving the bay, fished by boat on the drift and on foot from the Point Lookout jetties on its west side. Jones Beach State Park's West End offers the area's best surf access, with Field 6 a longtime night-fishing standby. Middle Bay and the channels behind Freeport hold fluke and stripers, and the Woodcleft Canal, Freeport's Nautical Mile, is home to the open boats and a holdover bass spot in its own right.