Rehoboth Main Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's cooking for Rehoboth Main over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you—it’s a pretty quiet run for the most part. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak waves, and it’s not really until three weeks from now that things might wake up. For the next week and a half, most of these days are just poor surf conditions with tiny swells.

The water temp is sitting at a warm 79°, and it's running a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you won’t need a thick suit.

Right now, on Wednesday the 12th, we’re looking at a tiny 0.7ft southerly swell with a weak energy reading (7). Thursday the 13th sees a slight bump to 1ft from the south, but the period is a short 4 seconds, so the wave energy is still very low (10). Friday and Saturday stay in the same hopeless range, with Sunday afternoon offering the first glimpse of something rideable—a 3ft southerly swell with 4-second period (42 energy) and clean conditions thanks to a cross-offshore wind. But honestly, that’s still a pretty marginal wave.

The real standout in this whole 16-day window is Friday morning, August 21st. We’ve got a 5ft south swell rolling in with a 7-second period, and the combined energy jumps up to 250. That’s moderate energy, and with a clean cross-offshore wind from the NNW, it’s going to be the cleanest, most surfable morning we’ve seen in a while. The wave direction is S, but the optimum swell here is from the E, so it won’t be perfect, but it’s the best of a rough patch by a long shot.

The rest of the second week is a washout until we hit the morning of Tuesday, August 26th. That’s when a bigger swell from the ESE arrives, showing a solid 5ft with a period of 7 seconds and a strong energy reading of 462. The problem is the wind is cross-onshore from the NE, so it’s going to be choppy and messy. This is the kind of setup that might actually be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, given the size and the lumpy conditions.

So, to sum it up: there’s no surf worth paddling for until Friday morning, August 21st. That’s your one true standout—clean, moderate energy, and a fun-sized wave. Everything else is small, weak, or blown out. Keep an eye on that late August window though; the swell is there, we just need the wind to cooperate.

Rusty.

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