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

	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	North Wildwood New Jersey	52nd Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	5	10	10	5	9	6	5	8	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	339	254	401	294	140	239	184	166	128	60	105	44	72	38	28	56	48	19	52	62	33	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:38PM 0.89	2:38AM 0.96		3:36PM 0.93	4:14AM 1.11		4:19PM 0.91			5:13PM 1.01		6:18AM 1.23	6:47PM 1.29		6:22AM 1.12	6:45PM 1.23		7:44AM 1.31	7:27PM 1.31		7:54AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)	8:29AM 0.24		8:34PM 0.30	9:32AM 0.21		10:11PM 0.31	10:25AM 0.15		11:09PM 0.23	11:21AM 0.10		12:01AM 0.14	12:37PM 0.03		1:08AM 0.04	12:39PM -0.03		1:41AM -0.04	1:50PM -0.09		2:05AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	13	11	15	15	10	11	14	17	22	23	23	28	24	23	27	25	23	29	26	17
Low °C	8	12	13	10	14	11	10	10	12	15	18	19	20	25	20	21	27	21	20	27	15	14
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	9	15	15	8	9	12	16	22	23	23	28	24	23	27	25	23	29	26	17
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	5	9	9	9	9	6	6	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	-	-	-	8	8	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	-	0.7 S	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	2	4	3	3	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	-	6	-	4

	Thu	Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	St Phillip's New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	210	182	287	293	240	173	359	373	229	244	360	164	294	294	294	250	244	143	110	192	184	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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)		1:56AM 1.05					2:23PM 0.81				2:38AM 0.96				4:07PM 0.97				4:14AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)					8:39AM 0.27				9:00PM 0.36				10:14AM 0.25				9:45PM 0.27				10:25AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	8	8	10	12	12	13	13	14	14	10	11	14	15	15	14	11	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	5	6	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	7	9	13	15	15	14	10	7	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-

	Thursday 09	Friday 10
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	10th Street (Avalon) New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	St Phillip's New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	198	133	210	219	145	103	280	282	139	199	287	144	305	305	294	339	339	173	173	359	359	359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			2:59PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)														9:11AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	4	4	5	6	5	5	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	9	10	12	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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