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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	Wed	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s)	6	9	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	8
Energy	73	48	117	119	200	273	318	365	419	526	366	236	197	134	80	46	65	41	22	10	19	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:43PM 1.39	12:32PM 1.17		12:43AM 1.32	1:31PM 1.17		1:42AM 1.24		2:28PM 1.18	2:38AM 1.18		3:24PM 1.20	3:35AM 1.12		4:19PM 1.23	4:31AM 1.08		5:11PM 1.26		5:26AM 1.06	5:59PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17AM -0.04	6:21PM 0.12		7:16AM 0.02	7:27PM 0.18		8:18AM 0.06		8:37PM 0.21	9:17AM 0.07		9:43PM 0.20	10:09AM 0.08		10:41PM 0.17	10:52AM 0.10		11:32PM 0.14	11:39AM 0.09		12:19AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	4	20	13	7	1	7	10	4	2	4	19	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	18	14	13	12	11	12	12	12	15	18	21	19	14	14	14	16	18	20	22	22	21
Low °C	19	16	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	15	20	14	14	14	14	15	16	19	20	22	20
Chill °C (?)	24	18	12	10	9	7	9	9	9	13	18	21	19	13	12	13	16	18	20	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	1.6 E	1.3 E	0.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	8	-	13	13	6	-	-	8	8	12	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	6	16	16	-	7	7	7	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.6 NNE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	-	1.2 E	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	3	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	8	6	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Indian River (Northside) 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	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	9	5	6	6	6	9	9	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	40	81	76	73	62	36	48	66	117	152	120	119	141	184	200	250	273	336	322	318	317	310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:43PM 1.39				12:32PM 1.17				12:43AM 1.32				1:31PM 1.17				1:42AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		5:23PM 0.03				6:17AM -0.04				6:21PM 0.12				7:16AM 0.02				7:27PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	2	2	6	14	8	3	1	1	4
Temp. °C	29	24	21	21	19	18	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	29	24	21	21	19	18	15	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	6	14	14	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.0 S	-	1.2 S	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	5	5	-	6	6	2	3	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Wednesday 20	Thursday 21
	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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) 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
Rating	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	42	40	40	41	29	81	29	76	76	80	66	73	73	62	62	62	36	36	37	46	48	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)										11:43PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				5:22PM 0.04													6:17AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	30	29	28	27	24	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	31	30	29	28	27	24	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	16	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	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 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	2	2	3	3	3	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.

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