Delaware Surf

Detailed Delaware surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Delaware. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Delaware. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Delaware over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Delaware and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Delaware Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Delaware Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Delaware coastline are also listed below.

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Delaware Wavefinder

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	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	5	8	8	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	9	9	6	5	5	9
Energy(?)	72	90	352	68	49	27	25	21	99	58	23	21	16	11	12	21	15	17	50	21	11	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)				8:15AM 1.29		8:10PM 1.37	8:41AM 1.16		8:55PM 1.38	9:30AM 1.13		9:44PM 1.36	10:26AM 1.09		10:39PM 1.31	11:26AM 1.04		11:39PM 1.24	12:28PM 1.01		12:42AM 1.18	1:30PM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13PM -0.07	2:07AM -0.19		2:09PM -0.09	2:53AM -0.13		2:54PM -0.09	3:42AM -0.13		3:41PM -0.07	4:31AM -0.11		4:29PM -0.03		5:23AM -0.05	5:21PM 0.04		6:21AM 0.01	6:21PM 0.11		7:27AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	22	23	24	21	17	16	18	18	9	7	8	10	10	8	9	14	16	20	17	15
Low °C	21	24	19	19	23	18	16	15	16	11	5	6	6	9	8	7	9	9	15	19	15	14
Chill °C (?)	25	26	22	23	24	21	17	15	18	18	5	5	4	7	7	6	6	12	15	20	17	14
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	8	6	6	6	5	8	8	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	4	7	6	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	8	5	4	8	5	6	7	7	7	7	4	9	9	7	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.6 N	0.5 NE	-	1.2 S	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	-	5	3	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	-	5	-	2	-	3

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	North Wildwood New Jersey	Naval Jetties Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	8	8	8	8	8	4
Energy(?)	43	42	117	103	90	121	158	352	111	80	68	52	49	42	29	27	21	21	25	22	21	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						7:27PM 1.31				7:54AM 1.17					8:10PM 1.37				8:41AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)				1:29PM -0.10					2:05AM -0.09				2:09PM -0.09				2:53AM -0.13				2:54PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	25	28	24	19	21	22	21	19	23	23	24	21	21	21	18	16	17	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	23	21	25	28	24	19	21	22	21	19	23	23	24	21	21	21	18	16	17	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	8	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	6	5	5	5	8	8	8	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	5	4	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	4

	Thursday 16	Fri
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	North Wildwood New Jersey	Naval Jetties Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	45	28	28	29	82	83	87	85	72	86	90	90	88	102	90	104	105	121	128	149	158	158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						7:08AM 1.16												7:27PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)												1:24PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	22	21	21	22	23	25	25	26	26	26	25	24	21	20	19	20	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	21	21	22	23	25	25	26	26	26	25	24	21	20	19	20	21	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	5	2	2	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Delaware Surf Breaks

Bethany

beach/jetty

Dewey Beach

beach

Fenwick

beach/jetty

Indian River (Northside)

beach/jetty

Indian River (Southside)

beach/jetty

beach/groyne

beach

beach

sandbar

If you're looking for a endless haven of surf breaks then perhaps Delaware shouldn't be high on your list, never the less this part of coast does offer some decent rideable waves on a semi consistent basis. Come summer the whole coast lights up with crowds, with most of the surfable beaches being closed for surfing.

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