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.

Delaware Surf Forecast

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

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.

Delaware Photos

Delaware Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	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	Indian River (Northside) 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	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.2 N	0.9 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 NE	1.5 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	8	9	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	6	7
Energy(?)	66	75	30	80	60	32	14	15	9	11	16	6	109	128	226	213	226	136	108	106	201	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 0.94			4:56PM 1.00		6:19AM 0.86	5:54PM 1.08		6:11AM 1.13	6:43PM 1.15		6:58AM 1.15	7:26PM 1.21		7:41AM 1.15		8:05PM 1.24	8:21AM 1.12		8:43PM 1.24	9:00AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04AM 0.07		10:55PM 0.12	11:01AM 0.03		11:26PM 0.05	12:03PM -0.01		12:05AM 0.02	12:38PM -0.05		12:55AM -0.02	1:21PM -0.07		1:42AM -0.05		2:01PM -0.07	2:26AM -0.06		2:40PM -0.05	3:07AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	1	-	-	10
High °C	16	8	6	2	7	7	6	7	13	14	18	18	17	20	18	17	22	16	5	4	5	7
Low °C	11	6	4	1	5	6	6	7	8	11	16	15	15	19	16	16	21	7	4	3	3	5
Chill °C (?)	15	4	3	-4	4	5	5	3	11	12	17	17	16	20	17	16	22	15	0	-1	1	3
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	7	5	6	7	6	6	7	6	9	8	9	8	8	8	-	-	7	7	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	9	10	6	6	6	4	8	9	8	7	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	10	10	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	-	1.2 N	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	0.9 NNE	1.1 NE	1.5 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	3	4	-	5	5	-	3	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	-	4	5	6	7

	Thu	Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Indian River (Northside) 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
Rating	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	185	87	79	437	117	53	45	46	40	30	22	23	80	82	60	46	24	32	19	14	14	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:25AM 1.34				4:53PM 0.73				4:13AM 1.07				4:56PM 1.00					5:17AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	9:00PM 0.15				10:04AM 0.07				10:10PM 0.12					11:01AM 0.03				11:11PM 0.07				11:52AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	3	5	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	18	17	12	8	6	5	5	6	4	1	2	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	16	10	5	4	2	3	3	0	-5	-4	0	4	5	7	5	6	5	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	7	4	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	0.6 SW	1.7 SSW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.2 N	-	-	0.8 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	6	4	7	3	3	4	4	3	-	-	4	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Thursday 26	Friday 27
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Indian River (Northside) 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
Rating	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.2 E	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	9	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	143	154	9	185	87	172	140	205	199	199	169	437	414	131	117	99	102	85	86	76	75	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								3:04AM 1.07												3:51PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)	9:00PM 0.15														10:04AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	2	2	3	3
High °C	17	17	20	16	17	18	19	17	17	18	17	17	17	13	12	11	9	8	7	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	16	16	19	14	16	17	18	16	16	17	16	16	17	11	10	8	6	4	4	2	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.9 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	-	7	7	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

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.

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None