Rehoboth Main Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat for Rehoboth Main. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak surf with mostly crummy wind, so temper those expectations.

The water is sitting at about 76° right now, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least the paddle out won't be a shock to the system.

Right now, through the end of August and into the first week of September, it’s a sad story. Waves are mostly under 2 ft, with combined swell energy in the low teens to 20s (like 22 on Sunday morning), which is just weak. The wind is all over the place – cross, cross-on, and onshore – making for choppy, bumpy conditions. There’s a moment on Tuesday morning, September 1st, with glassy conditions and a light breeze, but the swell is only 1 ft with a 7-second period. It’s pretty, but unsurfable.

We finally see a tiny pulse mid-week. Wednesday morning, September 2nd, shows a 2 ft swell from the SE with a period of 11 seconds, bringing the combined energy up to 60. The wind is a clean cross-off from the NNW at 3 mph. That’s the best we’ll see for a while – surfable, but very ordinary. The 11-second period is a small groundswell, but it’s so small it’ll just be a long wait for a little knee-high bump.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums. The rest of the forecast is a graveyard of poor surf conditions and combined energy readings that rarely break 40. The swell just doesn’t have any size or power behind it. We’re looking at 0.7 ft to 1 ft for days on end. The wind is often onshore or cross-onshore, especially from the 7th of September onward, with moderate breezes adding to the chop.

The best we can say is that the clean, cross-off winds hold up on a few mornings in the second week, like the 11th and 12th of September, but the swell is still a pathetic 1.0 ft. It’s clean, but flat.

Honestly, for the next two weeks, this is a kite-surfing setup on the days with a decent breeze, not a paddle-surfing one. The wave energy is just too weak to get excited about. For a spot that’s usually fairly consistent, this is a real dry spell. Hang in there, forecasts can change, but for now, there’s nothing to recommend.

Rusty.

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