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Great South Beach
4.8★ · 5 Google ratings · Fire Island, New York
✓ Short walk
At a glance
Parking
Not mapped
Walk
50 ft · under a minute
Water
73°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Tide
1 ft range today
Length
15 miles of shoreline
Sand
300 yd from the water to the back
Map of Great South Beach
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
75°F · overcast
Water
73°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Waves
2.1 ft · 7 s apart
Wind
6 mph from the WNW
Shelter
Cross-shore · wind running along the beach
UV index
7 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 04:01 | High tide | ↑ |
| 10:12 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 16:53 | High tide | ↑ |
| 23:41 | Low tide | ↓ |
Last updated Sep 4, 9:35 AM.
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How far is the walk to the water at Great South Beach?
50 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Great South Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
