- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Surf Forecasts:
Tower Road surfForecast / Delaware / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 12 May 2026 EDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Tower Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tower Road sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tower Road today?
The current surf forecast for Tower Road at 8AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 May) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (12 May) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Evening (12 May) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Tower Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
SE 7 | ESE 7 | E 8 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SSE 5 | ESE 10 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | |
12 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 24 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | 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 | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 4:23AM1.17m | 4:54PM1.26m | 5:16AM1.19m | 5:45PM1.40m | 6:07AM1.20m | 6:35PM1.53m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:28AM0.15m | 11:02PM0.13m | 11:17AM0.05m | 00:00AM0.02m | 12:06PM-0.04m | |||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | |  | | | | |  | |  | | |  | | | | |  | |
 | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:04 | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | ESE 7 | E 8 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SSE 5 | E 7 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 |
 kJ | 12 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 24 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | ESE 11 | ESE 7 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 7 | ESE 10 | E 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 10 |
| kJ | 5 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 11 | E 8 | ESE 11 | SE 7 | N 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 10 | — | ESE 10 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 12 |
| kJ | 12 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NW 3 | N 3 | NNE 4 | — | — | SE 3 | S 3 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | — | SSE 5 | S 5 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 4 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 28 | 60 | 85 | 85 | — | 24 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 34 | 7 | 238 | 134 | 327 | 545 | 585 | 582 | 225 | 291 | 291 | 585 | 697 | 1348 | 697 | 4 | 41 | 4 | 68 | 134 | 51 | 131 | 382 | 68 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tower Road surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest