Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri, 18, soaks up the sun in bikini on Fire Island as she enjoys last summer before heading to college in Pittsburgh

Suri Cruise is making nan astir of her past summertime successful New York earlier officially starting her first twelvemonth arsenic a assemblage freshman successful Pittsburgh.

And for illustration a existent New Yorker, nan 18-year-old has escaped nan metropolis and headed eastbound for a formation getaway connected Fire Island, wherever she was snapped soaking up nan sun connected nan sand, exclusive DailyMail.com photos show. 

The girl of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, who was walking pinch friends, enjoyed a play of swimming and sunbathing connected Ocean Beach, 1 of nan idyllic villages successful nan celebrated seaside resort. 

Clad successful a brownish teeny bikini, she looked relaxed and carefree arsenic she lounged connected nan sand, reading, tanning, and taking naps. 

She alternated betwixt her formation chair and her towel for tanning sessions and reading, earlier going for a speedy dip successful nan water to cool off.   

Suri was accompanied by a group of woman friends but went mostly undetected by chap beachgoers and land guests. 

One eyewitness told DailyMail.com: 'They came successful nan early day and stayed for a fewer hours connected nan beach. They mostly chatted pinch each different and past publication aliases took naps connected nan beach. 

'Suri was nan only 1 of nan group who went into nan water for a swim.' 

The college-bound teen is now good into her summertime picnic aft graduating precocious schoolhouse past month. 

Suri – who now uses her mother's mediate sanction Noelle arsenic a past name – graduated from LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts successful precocious June. 

The New York City school, often referred to simply arsenic LaGuardia, which is simply a nationalist precocious schoolhouse specializing successful school ocular and performing arts. 

Earlier that month, DailyMail.com revealed Suri is group to time off her New York City hometown for Pittsburgh for her first twelvemonth astatine Carnegie Mellon University this fall. 

She has since been seen enjoying her free clip pinch friends and fellow Toby Cohen, her prom date, successful New York. 

Cohen is simply a budding vocalist and songwriter who is group to be nan prestigious Berklee College of Music successful Boston successful nan Fall. Suri – who has been studying creation – is reportedly 'leaning towards' studying fashion.

Carnegie Mellon's School of Design is 1 of nan oldest and astir highly classed programs successful nan country.

Now, pinch her acceptance into its hallowed halls, a notably chic mother and a wardrobe said to beryllium worthy $5million, Suri is disconnected to nan champion imaginable commencement if that is her chosen path.

One insider told DailyMail.com past month: 'She is simply a smart girl, and she is turning into a very intelligent mature young woman. She has a very adjacent group of loyal friends, and she knows precisely wherever she comes from.' 

Suri – who was calved connected April 18, 2006 successful Los Angeles – is nan kid of divided parents. Her begetter is Tom Cruise, who was married to Holmes from from 2006 to 2012. 

Sixty-one-year-old Cruise's only input to his daughter's life has been financial and he hasn't been seen pinch his girl since 2013, aft Holmes discontinue some nan matrimony and nan Church of Scientology – nan belief to which Cruise is truthful devoted.

When nan mates divided successful 2012, it was reported that Katie had chosen to end nan couple's matrimony complete fears astir raising her girl arsenic a Scientologist.

Her determination to discontinue nan religion, arsenic good arsenic nan marriage, caused a awesome rift betwixt nan erstwhile spouses, and is believed to person led to Cruise's estrangement from his daughter. 

According to their divorcement settlement, Cruise agreed to salary Holmes $400,000 a twelvemonth until Suri turned 18 and will proceed to salary for her assemblage fees arsenic well.

Under nan position of their agreement, though he whitethorn beryllium physically absent from his daughter's life, he has and will proceed to cover, 'medical, dental, insurance, education, assemblage and different extracurricular costs.'

But contempt having small if immoderate narration pinch her dad, Suri is, according to sources, a happy and well-adjusted teen who has loved increasing up successful New York City.

Her mother was seen supporting her astatine her precocious schoolhouse graduation ceremony, which took spot astatine nan United Palace Theatre successful nan Washington Heights. 

The teen wore a agelong achromatic dress nether a agleam reddish graduation robe, open-toed heels and her agelong hairsbreadth down.