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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	Sun	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	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	Fenwick Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.3 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period(s)	10	9	9	5	6	7	7	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	5	10	9	6	9	6
Energy	101	48	91	61	122	109	69	74	59	44	29	32	38	21	27	31	44	53	23	60	16	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:38PM 1.34	9:06AM 1.05		9:15PM 1.31	9:46AM 1.02		9:52PM 1.27	10:28AM 1.00		10:29PM 1.24	11:11AM 0.98		11:10PM 1.20	11:55AM 0.99		11:53PM 1.17	12:40PM 1.01		12:40AM 1.14	1:33PM 1.04		1:29AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	3:11AM 0.04		3:04PM 0.16	3:50AM 0.05		3:42PM 0.18	4:28AM 0.07		4:19PM 0.21		5:04AM 0.09	4:55PM 0.24		5:41AM 0.12	5:33PM 0.27		6:20AM 0.14	6:20PM 0.22		7:23AM 0.23	7:20PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	17	16	15	14	17	17	18	20	21	23	25	25	25	28	22	27	30	26	27	28	25
Low °C	16	16	16	12	13	15	17	16	19	19	19	22	20	20	27	21	21	29	22	23	26	19
Chill °C (?)	19	16	15	13	12	16	16	18	20	21	23	25	25	25	28	22	27	30	26	27	28	25
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	5	5	5	6	7	7	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	8	6	7	9	10	8	8	9	8	10	7	7	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	4	-	9	5	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6

	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach 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	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	9
Energy	166	136	136	101	74	60	48	45	91	51	34	61	93	136	122	74	109	88	76	69	51	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- 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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:38PM 1.34				9:06AM 1.05				9:15PM 1.31				9:46AM 1.02				9:52PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	2:24PM 0.14				3:11AM 0.04				3:04PM 0.16				3:50AM 0.05				3:42PM 0.18				4:28AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	15	13	12	12	13	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	19	15	14	16	16	16	15	15	13	10	9	9	11	12	16	16	16	16	17	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	9	5	9	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	6	9	9	10	9	5	9	5	9	9	9	9	9	6	5	8	9	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	9	4	4	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy	170	170	166	136	136	136	136	133	136	104	98	101	101	74	74	74	71	60	86	49	48	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)							8:38PM 1.34													9:06AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)	2:24PM 0.14													3:11AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	18	17	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	17	16	19	19	16	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	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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