Rehoboth Main Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up – this 16-day window for Rehoboth Main is about as flat as a parking lot. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing doing. The first real surf recommendation doesn’t show up until Sunday afternoon, September 6th, and even then, it’s a total dud. After that, there’s a massive gap with nada worth paddling out for until the very end of the period.

So, on Sunday the 6th, the swell is a tiny 1 ft out of the east with a short period of 7 seconds, so weak it barely registers. The combined energy is a measly (15). On top of that, the wind is onshore out of the east at 12 mph, messing up what little might be there. Water temps are 77°, which is a solid 5° warmer than average for this time of year – feels like a bath.

Monday the 7th is more of the same. Morning brings a 1 ft east-northeast swell, still with a short period. The wind is light out of the northeast but cross-onshore, doing no favors. The afternoon is a cross-onshore mess with a longer period of 10 seconds on the same tiny 1 ft, but combined energy is still weak (40). Just not worth it.

Tuesday the 8th offers a brief glimmer. Morning has a clean, cross-offshore breeze out of the west-northwest and a tiny 1 ft swell. The afternoon goes glassy with a 0.7 ft swell. Sure, it's clean, but it’s also completely flat. You’d be bobbing around for nothing.

Wednesday the 9th sees a bump in swell height to 3 ft in the afternoon, but the period is a pathetic 4 seconds and it’s coming from the south. The wind is a moderate cross-offshore, making it clean, but that short-period, weak swell (30) is just junk. Not surfable.

We slide through a whole week of nothing – from Thursday the 10th all the way to Saturday the 19th – with only tiny (0.3 ft to 1 ft) weak swells, poor directions, and messy wind. It’s a dead zone.

Finally, on Sunday the 20th, we get a slight pulse. The afternoon brings a 3 ft south swell with a short 5-second period. The combined energy jumps to (61), which is still weak but the most we’ve seen. The wind is a fresh cross-shore out of the south-southeast at 19 mph, creating a lumpy, choppy mess. It won't be good for paddle surfing; honestly, this looks more interesting for kite surfing than a proper surf.

The very last day, Monday the 21st, cleans up with a moderate offshore breeze out of the west-northwest, but the swell drops again to a 1 ft east-southeast (20). That afternoon shifts to a north-northwest cross-offshore wind at 19 mph and a tiny NE swell. Not surfable.

So what’s the best on offer? Honestly, nothing stands out. If you *have* to get wet, the glassy Tuesday the 8th afternoon is the cleanest, but there’s no wave. The cleanest breeze with the tiniest hint of shape is Monday morning the 21st, but again, no size. It’s a tough run. The area is known for this kind of blank spell, so don’t lose hope, but this forecast ain't giving us anything.

Rusty.

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