Rehoboth Main Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me be straight with you. Looking at this 16-day window, the honest truth is there's almost nothing to get excited about. We've got a long stretch of tiny, weak surf with messy or onshore winds. The only semi-decent window is a few days around the middle of the month, but even then it's small and ordinary.

The first real option doesn't pop up until Tuesday morning, July 14th at Rehoboth Main. The water is sitting at 78°F, which is a good 5°F warmer than usual for this time of year – that's a pretty significant anomaly, so you'll be comfortable in a spring suit or maybe even just boardshorts if you're tough. That morning, we get a brief moment of glassy conditions with the wind going dead calm. The swell is a tiny 2ft from the ESE with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is weak, only 44 (100). It's surfable, but very ordinary. You'll be on a longboard or a foamie, fighting for weak little waves. After that, the wind picks up again and it's back to poor conditions.

Things get a little more interesting on Wednesday afternoon, July 15th. The wind swings offshore from the SW at 6 mph, leaving the surface clean. The swell picks up a touch to 3ft, but it's a short-period S swell at only 4 seconds. That's a windswell, not a groundswell. The energy is still weak at 55 (100). It's surfable, but it's going to be bumpy and disorganized. Not a standout, just the best of a weak bunch.

Then we have a gap. There's nothing really worth paddling out for until Saturday afternoon, July 18th. The wind is offshore from the W at 12 mph, so it will be clean. The swell height jumps to 4ft from the S, but the period is still short at 6 seconds. The combined energy is 96, still under 100 (weak). It's a moderate offshore and clean, but the waves will be soft and crumbly. Still just ordinary.

After that, we're back into the doldrums. The rest of the window is filled with onshore winds, cross-shore chop, or tiny 0.3ft to 2ft surf. The last week of the window into July 22nd, 23rd, and 24th sees a jump in energy (up to 216 on the 22nd afternoon), but it's all wrapped in onshore or cross-onshore winds, making it choppy and poor. The swell is around 4ft, but with that wind, it's a mess. Honestly, for those days, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

So, to sum it up: the best on offer is Wednesday afternoon, July 15th for the clean conditions, and Saturday afternoon, July 18th for the slightly bigger, clean surf. But neither is a true standout. It's a lean period. Don't expect much.

Rusty

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