The Cove Delaware Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.78° N 75.08° W

The Cove Delaware 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove Delaware sea temperature is
24.0° C
0.4° 

The Cove Delaware surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Cove Delaware today (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove Delaware at 12PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (05 Aug)1ft (0.3m)7s

Table - waves today at The Cove Delaware. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 33°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.3
SE
7
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
0.8
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
7
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
9
0.8
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
33
26
14
45
7
2
2
33
28
14
12
2
2
2
2
43
25
25
25
6
6
9
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
25
S
25
S
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSW
35
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:03PM1.42m
2:19AM1.14m
3:02PM1.44m
3:21AM1.08m
4:06PM1.48m
Low Tide
7:34AM0.07m
8:23PM0.19m
8:27AM0.09m
9:29PM0.20m
9:26AM0.10m
10:39PM0.19m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
heavy rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:07
8:06
8:05
 mm
1
2
2
1
1
11
Temp °C
25
26
26
27
29
27
27
27
26
25
28
30
31
28
27
28
27
25
28
32
33
29
21
Feels °C
27
28
27
28
30
28
28
29
29
27
30
30
32
28
27
29
28
26
30
34
34
30
18
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