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

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	Thu	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Wildwood New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	52nd Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period(s)	6	7	6	9	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	10	4	6	6	7	6
Energy	45	34	36	32	98	198	110	77	59	52	50	38	57	65	26	27	15	40	206	96	88	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:11AM 1.03	12:57PM 0.86		1:01AM 1.01	1:46PM 0.88		1:53AM 1.00		2:38PM 0.93	2:49AM 1.00		4:34PM 0.78	3:49AM 1.01		4:27PM 1.10	4:50AM 1.04		5:45PM 1.40		5:47AM 1.07	6:11PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		6:43AM 0.19	6:33PM 0.30		7:39AM 0.20	7:48PM 0.31		8:39AM 0.18		9:04PM 0.28	10:11AM 0.17		10:08PM 0.21	10:24AM 0.09		11:04PM 0.13	11:12AM 0.03		11:58PM 0.05	12:00PM -0.01		12:51AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	12	14	18	15	17	17	19	18	19	18	17	15	16	12	15	15	14	14	14	18	18	15
Low °C	11	11	16	14	16	17	17	17	18	15	15	13	10	9	14	14	14	14	12	15	18	12
Chill °C (?)	10	14	18	13	16	16	19	18	19	18	17	13	16	10	15	15	12	12	11	17	17	13
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 E	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	9	5	6	7	7	4	6	10	12	7	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	-	6	-	11	9	9	9	8	6	5	11	11	7	11	7	13	7	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSE	1.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 NW
Period (s)	2	3	6	4	5	6	-	-	-	6	5	-	2	4	-	2	4	4	6	2	3	3

	Thursday 07			Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Wildwood New Jersey	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	9	5	9	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Energy	42	37	38	45	44	44	34	40	57	51	51	48	87	90	98	174	198	269	134	110	107	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:11AM 1.03				12:57PM 0.86								1:46PM 0.88				1:53AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		5:42PM 0.27				6:43AM 0.19				6:33PM 0.30				7:39AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	12	11	11	11	14	16	17	15	15	13	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	9	9	9	14	15	16	13	14	12	13	14	16	16	16	18	18	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	3	3	10	9	9	8	8	4	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	11	11	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	7	6	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 07	Friday 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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Wildwood New Jersey	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	7	7
Energy	60	57	42	38	38	37	37	38	38	38	25	25	45	45	44	44	44	24	34	34	34	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)											12:45AM 1.22	1:13AM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)				5:42PM 0.27													6:43AM 0.19	7:11AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	12	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	12	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	3	3	3	3	3	3	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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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