Bethany Surf Forecast

/ Delaware (9 breaks) / Delaware (9 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (38.53° N 75.05° W)

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Bethany surfForecast / Delaware / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 28 Aug 2025 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 23.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Bethany today?

The current surf forecast for Bethany at 4PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Afternoon (28 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (28 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	8s

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

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	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	18	21	20	20	20	20	19	13	13	12	12	13	16	10	11	12	16	14	13	10	12	16	14	23
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	NW	WNW	NNE	WNW	WNW	W	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NW	N	N	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:55AM 1.19				12:05AM 1.03				12:37PM 1.16				12:51AM 0.97				1:22PM 1.13				1:40AM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)				5:56PM 0.22				5:56AM 0.20				6:42PM 0.28				6:33AM 0.27				7:40PM 0.32				7:25AM 0.32

	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	24	23	22	22	22	21	19	23	25	23	24	23	20	19	18	18	20	21	21	20	21	20	20
Feels °C (?)	20	19	17	16	17	18	18	16	19	23	21	21	23	17	17	14	14	17	17	19	18	20	18	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Delaware

Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Bethany (moderate winds from the SSW at BUOY-OCIM2 22 km from Bethany). 0.4m 9s swell from the E with a 0.2m 9s swell from the SE and a 0.2m 4s local chop from the NNE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 8 minutes ago Bethany

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22 km away, 1 h 8 min ago

22 km/h

SSW

0.0

23.9

Air / Water (°C)

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