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.

Delaware Photos

Delaware Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03
	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	Poverty Beach New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Stone Harbour Point New Jersey	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period(s)	8	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	393	371	573	188	275	284	327	228	158	95	124	97	94	60	60	44	27	29	49	52	34	33
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:50AM 1.05		6:16PM 1.44		6:30AM 1.41	7:00PM 1.52		6:32AM 1.06	6:58PM 1.24		7:55AM 1.36		8:34PM 1.64	8:31AM 1.19		8:13PM 1.26	9:10AM 1.17		9:25PM 1.40	9:28AM 1.09		9:40PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	10:54PM 0.12	11:22AM 0.03		12:07AM 0.08	12:28PM 0.02		12:34AM 0.04	12:47PM 0.02		1:19AM 0.02	1:45PM 0.03		2:34AM 0.00		2:21PM 0.05	2:43AM 0.00		3:09PM 0.09	3:49AM 0.02		3:29PM 0.12	4:10AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	12	11	11	10	11	13	13	14	13	14	14	12	16	11	11	14	13	11	15	14
Low °C	8	9	12	10	9	10	10	12	13	12	12	14	8	8	15	8	7	13	6	7	14	8
Chill °C (?)	4	7	10	9	9	8	9	11	10	12	11	12	13	10	15	9	8	12	11	8	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	-	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	-	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	4	7	7	4	6	6	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	4

	Sunday 26			Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Cape May 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	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Poverty Beach New Jersey	Diamond Beach New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	434	438	193	566	569	210	371	848	728	311	164	205	255	275	275	402	212	208	208	234	230	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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
High Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 1.08					5:41AM 1.42				5:28PM 1.14				6:20AM 1.20				6:52PM 1.36				6:47AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)				11:11PM 0.12				11:22AM 0.03				11:57PM 0.10				12:06PM 0.02				12:44AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	7	7	7	8	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	11	11	10	9	9	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	4	4	4	3	3	5	7	8	9	8	9	10	8	7	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.1 S	-	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	8	8	5	-	9	9	-	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26	Monday 27
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Cape May 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	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Poverty Beach New Jersey	Diamond Beach New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	458	458	230	220	221	211	422	422	399	392	200	576	570	570	569	364	202	210	210	276	265	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				5:26PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)									10:54PM 0.12													11:32AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	3	5	5	5	6	5	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.1 SE	1.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	5	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	9	-	9	9	9	9	9

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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