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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	Sun		Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.9 S	0.4 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	5	9	8	6	6	5	6	9	5	5	5	6	6	5	7	7	6	7
Energy	83	26	16	25	69	42	27	65	59	62	79	67	96	90	72	94	66	71	29	110	67	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:53PM 1.57	9:33AM 1.23		10:32PM 1.09	10:30AM 1.21		10:43PM 1.47	12:10PM 1.16		11:43PM 1.39	12:32PM 1.17		12:43AM 1.32	1:31PM 1.17		1:42AM 1.24		2:28PM 1.18	2:38AM 1.18		3:34PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	3:16PM -0.12	3:39AM -0.16		3:36PM -0.06	4:31AM -0.10		4:28PM -0.02		6:06AM -0.06	5:19PM -0.09		6:17AM -0.04	6:21PM 0.12		7:16AM 0.02	7:27PM 0.18		8:18AM 0.06		8:37PM 0.21	9:17AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	9	4	1	-	-	-	3	1
High °C	26	24	26	27	25	27	30	24	27	30	22	14	13	13	9	10	14	16	22	21	25	29
Low °C	25	21	21	27	23	21	28	22	22	30	15	13	13	11	9	9	11	15	18	20	21	28
Chill °C (?)	26	24	26	27	25	27	30	24	27	30	22	12	11	12	5	7	14	16	22	21	25	29
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	5	8	8	9	8	6	6	9	6	9	9	8	13	6	6	7	7	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	8	8	14	13	13	13	9	9	15	9	5	6	14	13	13	7	10	10	13	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	-	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 S	-	0.8 NE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	-	0.3 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	8	4	-	4	5	5	5	5	-	5	-	4	5	5	5	-	3	5	5	7	-	7

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	6
Energy	89	68	83	105	84	26	16	41	16	22	25	28	26	69	29	39	42	43	27	27	26	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 1.25				8:53PM 1.57				9:33AM 1.23				9:45PM 1.53				10:30AM 1.21				10:43PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			3:16PM -0.12				3:39AM -0.16				3:36PM -0.06				4:30AM -0.14				4:28PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	26	24	24	21	23	21	26	27	27	24	24	24	23	21	27	30	28	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	24	23	26	24	24	21	23	21	26	27	27	24	24	24	23	21	27	30	28	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	9	-	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	14	17	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	4	-	-	-	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	5

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware 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	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	81	99	89	87	65	68	68	91	83	86	81	105	87	84	84	84	26	26	26	16	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 1.25												8:53PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)							2:43PM -0.08													3:39AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	24	25	24	23	24	25	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	21	22	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	21	23	24	25	24	23	24	25	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	21	22	23	23	22
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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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