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NYC and Long Island Beaches Reopen After Erin as Rip Current Risk Continues

Officials caution that a high rip current risk persists despite reopenings.

Sebastian Kettner fishes on Jennette's Pier as waves from Hurricane Erin crash ashore in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
People walk on Coquina Beach near Oregon Inlet, N.C., which cremains closed because of damage from Hurricane Erin on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
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Overview

  • New York State said all Long Island state park ocean beaches reopened to swimming Sunday, with lifeguards adjusting restrictions section by section.
  • The National Weather Service kept a high-risk designation for dangerous rip currents on ocean-facing beaches through Sunday evening, even as surf gradually fell to 3–7 feet.
  • Suffolk County police said Ishmoile Mohammed, 59, died Saturday after a rip current swept him at Sailors Haven on Fire Island.
  • Earlier in the event, Erin’s large swells breached a sand berm and flooded facilities at Jones Beach, where lifeguards estimated 12–15 foot surf.
  • Erin stayed well offshore and weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, and New Jersey officials continued urging extreme caution at ocean beaches following a state of emergency and reports of erosion and street flooding.