Bethany surf break

Bethany surfForecast / Delaware / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
11.9° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bethany today?

The current surf forecast for Bethany at 11AM is: 0.6m 3s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.8
SSE
1.2
NNW
0.7
NW
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.7
NNW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
Period(s) (?)8834444741465476677444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6681316153524365619710111011131718151316
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SSW
25
W
45
NW
40
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
10
NNW
15
SSW
20
WSW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
1.27
9:10PM
1.51
9:45AM
1.24
9:59PM
1.49
10:41AM
1.19
10:54PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
-0.15
3:04PM
-0.11
3:52AM
-0.15
3:51PM
-0.08
4:41AM
-0.12
4:39PM
-0.03
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:20-------6:18-------6:16------
Sunset----7:38-------7:39-------7:40---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11------------
Temp. °C151311101111131617191088131111107910111097
Feels °C (?)1310777791214160-125764010222-1
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