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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	Sat		Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany 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
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	531	691	456	313	249	146	119	188	83	55	36	32	33	47	77	31	24	19	26	12	18	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:28PM 1.18	2:38AM 1.18		3:24PM 1.20	3:35AM 1.12		4:19PM 1.23	4:48AM 1.04		5:11PM 1.26		5:26AM 1.06	5:59PM 1.30		6:17AM 1.06	6:43PM 1.34		7:03AM 1.07	7:23PM 1.35		7:46AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		8:37PM 0.21	9:17AM 0.07		9:43PM 0.20	10:09AM 0.08		10:44PM 0.17	10:56AM 0.08		11:32PM 0.14	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	14	3	3	-	-	1	1	-	8	5	1	-	-	5	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	17	19	24	29	25	17	19	19	19	19	17	14	16
Low °C	10	12	17	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	19	27	20	16	17	17	16	19	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	9	14	17	18	16	17	15	16	16	17	19	24	29	25	16	19	19	19	18	16	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.5 SE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	18	6	6	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	6	8	-	-	6	7	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	3

	Saturday 23					Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	1.1 S
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7
Energy	407	442	531	686	708	691	642	580	456	349	313	262	267	249	179	164	146	139	119	110	185	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:28PM 1.18				2:38AM 1.18				3:24PM 1.20				3:35AM 1.12				4:19PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 0.06				8:37PM 0.21				9:17AM 0.07				9:43PM 0.20				10:09AM 0.08				10:41PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	12	2	1	1	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	12	13	14	15	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	6	6	9	9	10	12	14	17	17	18	18	16	16	15	17	17	17	15	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.1 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	7

	Saturday 23	Sunday 24
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	374	374	407	419	431	442	454	514	531	597	669	686	720	675	708	724	676	691	691	627	642	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							2:28PM 1.18												2:38AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 0.06												8:37PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	5	7	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	14	14
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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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