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.

Delaware Photos

Delaware Wavefinder

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	Sat	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany 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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period(s)	9	6	6	8	5	5	6	5	7	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	60	56	36	30	97	53	60	24	29	14	13	10	58	94	91	64	43	36	29	36	55	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:40AM 1.14	1:25PM 1.05		1:29AM 1.12		2:13PM 1.12	2:23AM 1.10		3:04PM 1.19	3:22AM 1.09		4:00PM 1.27			5:54PM 1.50		5:32AM 1.11	5:57PM 1.45		6:33AM 1.15	6:53PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		7:04AM 0.15	7:20PM 0.31		7:55AM 0.14		8:35PM 0.29	8:52AM 0.12		9:44PM 0.23	9:49AM 0.09		11:19PM 0.11	10:39AM 0.01		11:44PM 0.06	11:38AM 0.01		12:40AM -0.02	12:33PM -0.03		1:36AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
High °C	28	24	27	27	15	16	16	19	20	19	25	25	23	25	27	24	23	23	22	19	18	19
Low °C	20	21	25	17	15	16	15	16	20	19	20	23	23	23	26	23	23	22	20	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	28	24	27	27	13	15	16	19	20	18	25	25	23	25	27	24	23	23	22	19	18	19
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	9	9	6	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) 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	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Energy	49	42	53	60	59	63	56	56	36	18	26	30	49	91	97	78	53	47	39	60	64	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:40AM 1.14				1:25PM 1.05				1:29AM 1.12					2:13PM 1.12				2:23AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 0.30				7:04AM 0.15				7:20PM 0.31				7:55AM 0.14					8:35PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	31	28	25	20	21	21	24	25	27	27	25	20	17	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	31	28	25	20	21	21	24	25	27	27	25	20	16	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06	Sunday 07
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) 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
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	47	48	49	48	42	42	42	42	53	33	80	60	52	55	59	59	63	63	59	69	56	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)											12:40AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)					6:19PM 0.30													7:04AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	31	31	31	30	28	27	26	25	22	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	24	25
Chill °C (?)	31	31	31	31	30	28	27	26	25	22	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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