To provide a water discharge nozzle for fire extinguishing or the like which makes safe and efficient fire extinguishing activity possible.

The water discharge nozzle 1 for fire extinguishing is provided with a long cylindrical main body 2 connected to the distal end of a water supply hose and a spherical water discharge head 3 attached to the distal end of the cylindrical main body 2, and many fire extinguishing water discharge ports 30 of different water discharge directions are opened on the water discharge head 3. It is preferable that a sharp breakthrough horn part 4 which is cross-shaped in the distal end view is provided on the distal end of the water discharge head 3 and a cooling water discharge means 5 for discharging and scattering cooling water to the distal end direction of the cylindrical main body 2 is provided on the water discharge hose connection side of the cylindrical main body 2.