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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	Wednesday 13			Thu	Wed	Thu	Fri	Thu	Friday 15			Sat	Sun	Sat	Sunday 17			Mon	Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Stone Harbour Point New Jersey	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Bethany Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	16	4	16	15	7	9	9	9	15	14	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	9	17
Energy	77	77	75	282	44	825	589	52	106	90	103	1359	731	179	121	56	47	222	284	342	49	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70		12:01AM 0.55			12:41AM 0.52			7:27AM 1.27	7:46PM 1.59		1:42AM 0.45			8:24AM 1.14		8:53PM 1.57	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	10:30AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 0.37	5:37AM 0.30	11:58PM 0.05	7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25	1:28AM -0.04	1:32PM -0.05		1:44AM -0.09	8:40PM 0.13	6:40AM 0.14	2:37AM -0.13		2:43PM -0.08	3:39AM -0.16	9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06			8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	21	16	20	19	14	13	17	18	16	17	23	23	22	22	16	16	15	25	15
Low °C	19	22	18	18	15	19	15	10	10	15	15	16	16	20	20	22	19	16	15	15	21	14
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	14	20	19	12	11	16	18	16	17	23	23	22	22	16	15	13	25	15
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	5:46	-	-	-	7:09	-	5:48	-	-	-	7:11	-	5:45	7:11
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 E	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	7	16	15	7	9	9	9	15	14	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	17	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	9	8	8	8	20	20	18	13	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-

	Wed	Tue	Wednesday 13						Thursday 14				Wed	Thursday 14			Fri	Thu	Fri	Thu	Fri
	0:30AM	2PM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9:30PM	0:30AM	2PM	6:30AM	8PM	12:30PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Fenwick Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Stone Harbour Point New Jersey
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	0.7 SE
Period(s)	16	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	5	4	5	16	16	6	16	7	15	7
Energy	109	92	77	77	76	77	82	76	75	113	142	282	78	44	44	1065	825	60	795	76	558	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	11:02PM 0.57				12:23PM 0.70				12:01AM 0.55											6:11PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		11:06AM 0.10	5:32AM 0.33					6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			11:58PM 0.05		7:28PM 0.26		12:10PM -0.02	5:52AM 0.25			1:28AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	20	15	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	16	15	15	19	20	17	19	14	15	11
Chill °C (?)	20	15	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	16	15	15	19	20	16	19	12	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	0.7 SE
Period (s)	16	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	5	7	5	16	16	6	16	7	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	11	8	7	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	12	7	10	7	-	-	10	-	10	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	3	-	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	-	3	3	3	3	4	4

	Tue	Wednesday 13	Tue	Wednesday 13
	10:30PM	10AM	0:30AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	2AM	4:30PM	4AM	6:30PM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	93	93	109	109	139	92	96	95	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	79	78	77	76	83	82	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	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)		11:02PM 0.57													12:23PM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)									5:32AM 0.33													6:52PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	20	19	19	15	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	19	19	15	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	11	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	3

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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