Surf Forecasts:
Rehoboth Main surf forecast from 7 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 14 Jul, 2PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period, ESE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 14 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period, ESE swell with 62 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 14 Jul, 2PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Rehoboth Main this week:
The surf forecast for Rehoboth Main over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 14) at 2PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 2s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Rehoboth Main in the next 16 days are 0.8m 7s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 14) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.2m 2s period and expected on Thursday (Jul 09) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2PM (Tue 14th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 2PM (Tue 14th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Tue 14th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Rehoboth Main over the next 16 days.
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way for the Rehoboth Main stretch. I gotta be straight with you – for a solid week and a half, it’s looking pretty bleak, so don't be in a rush to grab your board just yet.
We start off with nothing but tough conditions from Tuesday, 7 July, through to the middle of the month. The first surfable glimmer doesn’t show up until the afternoon of Tuesday, 14 July, but even then it’s barely a whisper. We’re looking at Rehoboth Main with a tiny 2ft swell from the ESE, and while the wind goes glassy, the combined swell energy is a weak 50. The water temp is a notable 78°F, which is 6°F warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s very unusual, almost like bath water for the Atlantic. Still, with those little waves, it’s only just surfable and very ordinary. The rest of that week stays in the poor bracket.
The best bit of this whole 16-day window hits on Sunday morning, 19 July. That’s your standout. Rehoboth Main sees a bump in size to 5ft from the S, with a combined swell energy of 225 – that’s the moderate wave energy zone, giving you some real push. The wind is clean and cross-off, so it should be lined up nicely. It’s a solid size, not too big for anyone with a bit of experience. The period is 7 seconds, so it’s a short-period wind swell, not a long-range groundswell, and with that direction matching the optimum for E-exposed breaks, it’ll wrap in decent. The crowd potential here is something to think about – Rehoboth Main is always crowded, so you’ll have company, but those clean, head-high sets will be worth jostling for. By the afternoon, it backs off to 4ft, still clean, but the energy drops.
After that, the swell fades again through the 20th and 21st, with a few small clean windows but nothing that’ll get your heart racing. The end of the outlook on Wednesday, 22 July, is glassy but tiny at 1ft.
So the long story short: nearly two weeks of small, messy, or onshore junk, then one solid Sunday morning session on the 19th. Mark it down.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the ENE by Sun afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | SE 7 | S 7 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | E 3 | E 4 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | ESE 6 |
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 kJ | 16 | 34 | 33 | 39 | 49 | 55 | 60 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 43 | 34 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 1:53PM1.23m | 2:08AM1.09m | 2:51PM1.30m | 3:07AM1.04m | 3:52PM1.38m | 4:09AM1.02m | 4:52PM1.48m | 5:10AM1.02m | 5:52PM1.56m | 6:10AM1.05m | 6:50PM1.63m | 7:07AM1.09m | 7:45PM1.66m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:06PM0.24m | 8:19AM0.10m | 9:09PM0.23m | 9:12AM0.06m | 10:13PM0.19m | 10:09AM0.01m | 11:18PM0.12m | 11:09AM-0.06m | 00:21AM0.05m | 12:09PM-0.14m | 1:19AM-0.03m | 1:07PM-0.21m | 2:13AM-0.09m | ||||||||
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 | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — |
 | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:24 | — |
mm | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 13 | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 13 | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 23 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ESE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SSE 5 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 6 |
| kJ | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 55 | 60 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 34 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | E 10 | E 10 | — | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | — | E 7 | E 8 | — | S 6 | — | — | S 5 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | — | — | SE 4 | SE 4 | — | — | S 7 | NNE 3 | NNW 2 | E 2 | E 3 | E 3 | E 4 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | — |
| kJ | 16 | 34 | 33 | 39 | — | — | 3 | 7 | — | — | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 43 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 27 | 3056 | 68 | 27 | 379 | 4 | 228 | 268 | 35 | 11 | 30 | 131 | 243 | 1041 | 374 | 470 | 1150 | 704 | 216 | 470 | 241 |
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