Tower Road surfForecast / Delaware / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 EDT
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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
12.5° C
(Which is 1.6°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 7PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 05). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (05 May)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (05 May)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

Table - waves today at Tower Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Tue night, light winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
8
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
1
SSE
6
1
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
77
71
62
59
59
40
38
26
26
26
15
15
15
15
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
S
40
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
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
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
10:53AM0.96m
11:16PM1.30m
11:35AM0.93m
00:00AM1.26m
12:20PM0.91m
00:47AM1.21m
Low Tide
4:38PM0.18m
5:36AM0.24m
5:22PM0.24m
6:23AM0.30m
6:11PM0.28m
7:11AM0.33m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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5:56
5:56
5:54
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7:54
7:55
7:57
7:58
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
22
24
21
18
18
17
17
17
18
18
20
21
18
14
12
12
12
13
11
12
11
11
10
10
17
18
14
11
12
11
12
12
12
13
16
17
17
11
9
8
9
9
8
8
6
5
4
4
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
8
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
1
SSE
6
0.1
E
9
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.3
SSE
6
Energy kJ
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
77
2
62
59
59
40
38
26
26
26
15
15
9
7
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
9
Energy kJ
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
8
8
15
15
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
13
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.2
E
9
Energy kJ
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
6
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.5
S
6
1.7
S
6
1.6
S
6
1.4
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
0.1
SW
5
1
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
7
0.3
NW
2
0.4
NW
3
0.4
NW
3
0.2
NNW
3
0.2
SSW
2
0.4
WNW
3
0.5
NW
3
0.6
NNW
3
Energy kJ
71
101
149
210
200
151
126
118
110
98
1
71
175
1
2
2
1
1
2
5
8
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
218
1475
1476
619
1095
1099
1146
1300
1147
1172
1172
218
0
34
4
34
4
51
31
31
51
68
68
68
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
5
6
5
6
5
7
5
6
6
6
7
5
6
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