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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s)	6	9	9	8	7	4	4	5	5	6	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	7	7
Energy	37	72	63	33	34	16	40	39	28	154	184	149	97	50	62	63	120	201	155	79	71	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 1.23	1:30PM 0.99		1:45AM 1.12		2:32PM 1.00	2:47AM 1.09		3:34PM 1.03	3:50AM 1.06		4:34PM 1.08	4:50AM 1.05		5:28PM 1.14		5:44AM 1.06	6:16PM 1.19		6:32AM 1.06	6:58PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		7:27AM 0.06	7:32PM 0.16		8:36AM 0.08		8:48PM 0.18	9:51AM 0.06		9:56PM 0.16	10:34AM 0.05		10:54PM 0.12	11:22AM 0.03		11:46PM 0.08	12:06PM 0.02		12:34AM 0.04	12:47PM 0.02		1:19AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	23	1	-	-
High °C	17	18	20	20	13	12	12	14	9	9	10	10	9	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	16	15
Low °C	15	14	18	13	12	11	11	13	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	12	12	13	10	12	15	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	20	20	12	10	10	13	6	5	8	8	6	8	9	11	10	10	11	11	15	14
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 S	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	6	9	8	5	7	6	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	10	10	9	9	7	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	7	9	6	5	8	7	4	6	16	14	6	6	11	10	9	12	12	12	11	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 ESE	-	0.7 ENE	1.2 E	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	-	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	7	4	4	-	5	6	-	-	5	-	6	5	5	6	-	4	4	-

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) 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
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE
Period(s)	5	5	5	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Energy	76	30	33	37	57	55	72	42	63	55	31	33	28	20	34	16	16	22	22	40	52	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:42AM 1.18								1:45AM 1.12					2:32PM 1.00				2:47AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		6:21PM 0.11				7:27AM 0.06				7:32PM 0.16					8:36AM 0.08				8:48PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	15	14	18	17	20	20	19	17	13	12	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	15	14	18	17	20	20	19	17	12	10	12	10	8	9	10	11	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	8	8	8	7	5	7	7	5	7	6	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	8	5	7	7	4	4	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

	Wednesday 22	Thursday 23
	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	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) 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
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9
Energy	110	41	33	38	38	30	31	20	33	35	35	37	44	45	57	59	71	55	56	57	72	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											12:42AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)					6:21PM 0.11													7:27AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	14	15	15	13	14	15	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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