Hither Hills State Park Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Hither Hills State Park is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the SW, with strong wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | SW |
| Best wind | strong wind from the N |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-18 10:26 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 1.6 ft |
| Dominant period | 13s |
| Swell direction | SE (134°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44097 (74 km away) |
| Wind | 3 kt from the ENE — NDBC NAXR1 (90 km away) |
Hither Hills State Park 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Hither Hills State Park from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Jul 18 | 2–4 ft | 4s S | 20 kt SSW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 3–4 ft | 7s S | 21 kt WNW |
| Mon Jul 20 | 2–3 ft | 8s S | 11 kt E |
| Tue Jul 21 | 2–4 ft | 6s S | 17 kt SSE |
| Wed Jul 22 | 5–9 ft | 8s S | 25 kt SSW |
| Thu Jul 23 | 4–8 ft | 9s S | 14 kt WNW |
| Fri Jul 24 | 3–4 ft | 7s S | 12 kt ENE |
Frequently asked
Is Hither Hills State Park good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-18 10:26 UTC), Hither Hills State Park is marginal: the live 0–2 ft medium-period swell from the SE is off its ideal SW direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the NE.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Hither Hills State Park come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 44097) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Montauk, Fort Pond Bay). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Hither Hills State Park?
Hither Hills State Park is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the SW, with strong wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Hither Hills State Park is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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