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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri		Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	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	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.9 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	9	8	9	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	7
Energy(?)	77	101	34	63	44	27	20	11	26	13	13	131	161	286	220	250	163	121	136	173	193	150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:51PM 0.94			4:56PM 1.00		5:17AM 1.10	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)		10:21PM 0.11	11:01AM 0.03		11:11PM 0.07	11:52AM -0.02		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		3:15PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	4	8	2	4	14
High °C	9	6	3	7	7	6	7	11	14	18	17	17	20	18	19	21	18	6	8	16	16	11
Low °C	7	5	2	5	5	5	7	8	11	16	15	15	19	16	16	20	6	6	6	8	16	6
Chill °C (?)	6	3	-3	4	5	3	3	8	12	17	16	16	20	17	18	21	17	2	5	16	15	9
Sunrise	-	-	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	-	-	7:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	7	5	6	7	7	7	6	7	9	8	9	8	8	8	-	-	7	7	7	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	1.2 N	0.8 N	0.2 N	-	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	-	1.0 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	4	6	5	5	4	-	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	-	4	5	6	6	-

	Friday 27					Saturday 28								Sunday 29								Mon
	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	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.2 N	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	113	53	77	79	119	101	44	50	34	107	63	49	52	44	43	31	27	20	20	18	18	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:51PM 0.94				4:13AM 1.07				4:56PM 1.00					5:17AM 1.10				5:54PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04AM 0.07				10:10PM 0.12					11:01AM 0.03				11:11PM 0.07				11:52AM -0.02				12:05AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	5	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	9	7	5	5	6	5	2	3	5	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	7	7	8	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	6	4	2	2	3	2	-4	-3	0	4	5	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.5 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.8 N	0.5 NNW	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	2	3	4	5	5	6	2	4	5	5	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5

	Friday 27	Saturday 28
	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	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	417	69	113	95	108	90	90	79	77	64	91	79	79	94	119	119	108	101	101	49	44	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:51PM 0.94													4:13AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)			10:04AM 0.07												10:10PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	14	13	11	9	9	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	4
Chill °C (?)	18	11	12	11	8	6	6	5	4	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	-1
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	2	2	2

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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