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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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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	Sun	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.1 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E
Period(s)	8	5	6	7	7	6	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	6	6	9	6	6	6	8	8	8
Energy	30	93	69	78	55	28	13	13	9	219	59	103	1	21	17	17	32	29	18	16	11	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 1.12		2:13PM 1.12	2:23AM 1.10		3:04PM 1.19	3:22AM 1.09		4:00PM 1.27	4:39AM 1.10		5:15PM 1.46		5:32AM 1.11	5:57PM 1.45		6:33AM 1.15	6:53PM 1.52		7:30AM 1.19	7:46PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55AM 0.14		8:35PM 0.29	8:52AM 0.12		9:44PM 0.23	9:49AM 0.09		10:35PM 0.15	10:43AM 0.05		11:44PM 0.06	11:38AM 0.01		12:40AM -0.02	12:33PM -0.03		1:36AM -0.09	1:30PM -0.05		2:31AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	2	1	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	24
High °C	28	16	16	15	18	19	20	23	25	23	29	30	28	20	20	21	21	24	22	24	25	23
Low °C	18	15	16	15	15	19	19	21	24	22	24	30	22	19	20	19	21	24	22	22	23	19
Chill °C (?)	28	14	15	13	18	18	20	23	25	23	29	30	28	20	20	21	21	24	22	24	25	23
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	8	6	7	7	6	6	5	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	5	4	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	7	8	6	6	6	-	7	10	8	9	4	9	9	9	9	8	8	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	3	5	6	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	-	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	6	4

	Sunday 07			Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Fenwick 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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
Energy	28	45	27	30	38	98	93	84	69	76	91	78	61	63	55	35	28	20	14	13	12	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)				1:29AM 1.12					2:13PM 1.12				2:23AM 1.10				3:04PM 1.19				3:22AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20PM 0.31				7:55AM 0.14					8:35PM 0.29				8:52AM 0.12				9:44PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	28	25	20	18	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	27	28	25	20	17	13	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	8	6	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	5	8	6	8	6	-	-	6	5	-	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	3	5	5	5	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4

	Sunday 07	Monday 08
	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	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Fenwick 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
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy	46	47	28	28	46	45	18	31	27	30	30	30	30	38	38	37	90	98	90	91	93	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												1:29AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)						7:20PM 0.31												7:55AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	27	25	25	22	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	27	25	25	22	20	19	17	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	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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