Bethany surf break

Bethany surfForecast / Delaware / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 EDT
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Bethany surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bethany sea temperature is
4.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bethany today?

The current surf forecast for Bethany at 12AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)--
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

Table - waves today at Bethany. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101010999999999989998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17716116817117113412812312084838181797777474088841031038273
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
30
NNW
15
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
0
E
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
1.21
7:52AM
1.28
8:12PM
1.30
8:32AM
1.30
8:51PM
1.36
9:15AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
-0.05
2:10PM
-0.11
2:36AM
-0.10
2:50PM
-0.14
3:21AM
-0.13
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:05-------7:03--
Sunset7:07-------7:08-------7:09-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C531-1-2-2-1-10001122334566577
Feels °C (?)-3-5-8-9-9-11-7-6-6-6-6-4-4-2-3-3-3-2-112252
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