The Cove Delaware Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.78° N 75.08° W

The Cove Delaware 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove Delaware sea temperature is
25.2° C
1.8° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove Delaware at 4PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 21). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (21 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (21 Jul)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 102mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 19°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NE by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
4
0.7
SE
5
0.1
SE
8
0.1
E
12
1.2
S
5
1.4
S
6
1.2
SSE
7
1.1
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.3
S
8
1.6
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.6
S
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
1
ENE
5
0.9
ENE
5
0.9
ENE
5
0.8
E
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
21
23
3
3
0
0
124
149
176
223
323
191
200
329
80
76
76
59
43
48
46
43
34
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
S
25
SSW
40
SSW
25
S
15
NW
20
W
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
SW
15
NNW
25
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:26AM1.17m
3:06PM1.32m
3:21AM1.08m
4:00PM1.32m
4:18AM1.01m
4:56PM1.32m
Low Tide
8:37AM0.12m
9:29PM0.23m
9:27AM0.17m
10:32PM0.26m
10:19AM0.21m
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:21
8:20
8:19
 mm
1
3
2
17
32
42
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
24
25
27
29
27
24
21
21
21
23
25
27
27
27
25
23
21
19
21
23
23
22
22
Feels °C
25
26
28
26
28
26
21
20
18
21
23
27
27
28
25
20
16
16
19
23
22
21
22
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