Delaware Surf

Delaware Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Delaware Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Delaware Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Delaware Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Delaware Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Delaware Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Delaware Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Delaware Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Delaware Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Delaware Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	1.0 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	7	9	8	8	8	9	8	4	4	4	9	10	10	9	5	8	8	9	7	8
Energy	41	45	38	72	35	21	14	12	8	30	13	33	93	110	75	46	68	43	52	69	70	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 1.30		6:17AM 1.06	6:43PM 1.34		7:03AM 1.07	7:23PM 1.35		7:46AM 1.07		8:01PM 1.35	8:26AM 1.06		8:38PM 1.34	9:06AM 1.05		9:15PM 1.31	9:46AM 1.02		9:52PM 1.27	10:28AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	11:39AM 0.09		12:19AM 0.11	12:21PM 0.10		1:04AM 0.08	1:02PM 0.11		1:48AM 0.06	1:43PM 0.12		2:30AM 0.04		2:24PM 0.14	3:11AM 0.04		3:43PM 0.12	3:50AM 0.05		3:42PM 0.18	4:28AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	-	1	-	-
High °C	23	28	24	21	24	21	16	19	19	16	18	14	17	17	17	18	19	19	16	20	20	14
Low °C	19	26	19	19	23	14	14	17	16	14	17	12	12	16	16	18	17	14	14	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	23	28	24	21	24	21	16	19	19	14	17	12	17	16	16	17	19	19	14	20	20	12
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 N	0.6 NE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	8	4	9	8	5	5	9	9	10	10	9	9	5	5	4	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	7	7	9	8	7	8	4	9	8	8	6	6	8	-	9	9	8	8	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.8 ENE	-	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.7 NNE	0.5 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	2	-	-	2	3	3	3	6	4	4	4	4	-	3	4	5	5	3	4	4	3	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period(s)	6	6	8	6	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8
Energy	51	36	41	22	45	98	50	38	44	97	72	73	35	25	15	21	24	24	14	14	12	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:26AM 1.06				5:59PM 1.30				6:17AM 1.06				6:43PM 1.34				7:03AM 1.07				7:23PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)				11:39AM 0.09				12:19AM 0.11				12:21PM 0.10				1:04AM 0.08				1:02PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	4	4	3	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	23	27	26	24	20	20	19	19	21	23	24	21	19	16	14	14	16	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	23	27	26	24	20	20	19	19	21	23	24	21	19	15	12	12	16	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	8	6	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	6	7	7	6	7	8	9	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	2	6	-	7	6	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	-	6	3

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	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	33	51	51	44	36	36	36	41	41	41	22	22	38	40	45	40	45	98	98	52	50	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:26AM 1.06												5:59PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)										11:39AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	23	25	26	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	22	22	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	23	25	26	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	22	22	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	6	6	6	-	-	7	7	7	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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