Bethany surf break

Bethany surfForecast / Delaware / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bethany today?

The current surf forecast for Bethany at 4PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.6
NW
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.6
SW
0.1
E
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)887777710481031044989999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1017447331912529320200111122323
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
25
NW
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
0.89
2:23AM
1.05
2:38PM
0.84
3:15AM
1.05
3:36PM
0.83
4:09AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.19
8:05PM
0.12
8:55AM
0.18
8:58PM
0.14
9:49AM
0.15
9:47PM
0.13
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset--4:58-------4:59-------5:00-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C776420-1-10455654547777766
Feels °C (?)10-4-7-9-10-10-9-7-3-1-2-1-1-10-2000-2-1-2-2
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