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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	Tue	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10
	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	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Stockton New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	6	10	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	6	6	7	6	6
Energy(?)	196	130	163	104	154	111	192	147	34	165	129	160	177	73	86	89	85	86	96	111	117	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 1.30		8:14PM 1.18	8:27AM 1.13		9:29PM 1.48	9:42AM 1.39		9:35PM 1.12	9:50AM 0.98		10:31PM 1.18	10:34AM 0.91		10:59PM 1.02	11:56AM 0.96		11:43PM 0.98	12:09PM 0.79		12:32AM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)	1:47AM -0.12		2:23PM -0.16	2:30AM -0.10		3:07PM -0.11	3:28AM -0.08		3:43PM -0.04	3:50AM -0.01		3:57PM 0.02		4:29AM 0.06	4:29PM 0.09		5:37AM 0.15	5:15PM 0.19		6:03AM 0.19	5:51PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	8	10	9	15	13	18	5	2	11	15	19	18	13	14	11	13	15	16	22	24	21
Low °C	8	8	10	8	10	9	9	5	1	5	12	19	15	12	9	10	12	15	15	16	23	16
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	7	14	12	18	1	-3	10	14	19	17	11	13	10	13	15	15	22	24	21
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	6	6	10	6	8	9	6	6	9	6	6	6	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	-	-	12	11	5	-	9	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.4 NW	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	6	3	-	6	-	6	7	7	6	6

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	148	157	200	215	181	108	93	86	105	170	173	201	135	164	174	176	161	100	108	97	147	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 1.18				7:46AM 1.18				8:51PM 1.49				8:42AM 1.24				9:30PM 1.32				9:08AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)			1:57AM -0.13				2:31PM -0.16				2:30AM -0.10				2:50PM -0.10				3:11AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	10	8	9	9	15	17	14	6	12	14	9	5	5
Chill °C (?)	5	6	8	8	9	6	5	5	5	9	7	9	8	14	17	13	2	12	14	7	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	12	12	12	12	11	12	-	-	5	-	-	4	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	-	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	-	5	6	6	6	-

	Tuesday 03	Wednesday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	139	100	100	165	178	128	128	163	153	228	196	215	155	210	181	181	118	126	166	170	163	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)								2:02AM -0.17												2:13PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	11	10	9	10	10	11	8	10	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	7	7	9	9	8	7	8	9	11	7	9	12	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	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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