The Cove Delaware Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.78° N 75.08° W

The Cove Delaware 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove Delaware sea temperature is
24.9°C
2.7° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove Delaware at 9AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Wed night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.1
SE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.6
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
7
7
15
6
18
12
7
7
7
7
4
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
30
31
17
16
25
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
NW
0
NE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
WNW
20
NW
10
WNW
5
W
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
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
off
High Tide
6:43AM1.21m
7:11PM1.59m
7:39AM1.31m
8:04PM1.61m
8:29AM1.41m
8:51PM1.59m
Low Tide
00:39AM0.13m
12:35PM0.08m
1:32AM0.07m
1:33PM0.02m
2:18AM0.02m
2:27PM-0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:20
7:17
7:16
 mm
1
Temp °C
22
21
20
22
24
24
24
24
23
23
22
26
28
27
24
24
24
23
23
26
29
27
25
24
Feels °C
22
21
20
23
26
23
22
22
21
22
21
24
25
23
21
21
21
19
19
24
28
27
27
27
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