Bethany surf break

Bethany surfForecast / Delaware / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 Feb 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
0.4° C
(Which is 4.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bethany today?

The current surf forecast for Bethany at 4AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
ENE
0.5
E
0.9
E
1.9
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)55667777777777776111163468
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53548011518918316310366483416999442245272751168
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
E
15
NE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
SSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
50
E
55
ENE
60
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossonononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
1.22
9:17AM
1.21
9:40PM
1.24
10:03AM
1.15
10:27PM
1.24
10:56AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
-0.09
3:34PM
-0.14
4:04AM
-0.06
4:12PM
-0.10
4:51AM
-0.01
4:55PM
-0.04
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:45-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset------5:43-------5:44-------5:45-
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
5--2124--------------28714
Temp. °C777788131311965789876555543
Feels °C (?)23345491053001355310-1-1-6-8-10
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