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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	Fri		Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	5	5	6	7	7	6	7	5	6	4	6	6	7	4	10	5	5	5	10	9
Energy	37	33	89	144	62	86	82	54	83	102	51	51	39	34	44	78	19	57	43	23	12	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:01AM 1.01	1:46PM 0.88		1:53AM 1.00		2:38PM 0.93	2:49AM 1.00		3:32PM 1.00	3:49AM 1.01		4:27PM 1.10	4:50AM 1.04	5:16AM 1.19	5:21PM 1.20		5:47AM 1.07	6:11PM 1.30		6:56AM 1.21	7:00PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.30		7:39AM 0.20	7:48PM 0.31		8:39AM 0.18		9:04PM 0.28	9:34AM 0.14		10:08PM 0.21	10:28AM 0.15		11:04PM 0.13	11:17AM 0.05		12:08AM 0.05	12:00PM -0.01		12:51AM -0.03	1:00PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	1	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	17	16	17	19	20	21	12	11	11	13	16	15	14	14	15	17	19	17	14	18
Low °C	15	13	16	16	16	17	19	12	11	11	10	9	14	13	13	13	14	15	18	11	11	16
Chill °C (?)	15	13	16	15	17	19	20	21	9	8	10	11	16	14	12	12	13	16	19	16	13	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 N	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	3	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	12	-	11	9	9	9	4	9	12	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 NNE	1.1 NE	-	0.8 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.3 S	0.4 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	5	5	5	-	-	6	4	4	5	-	4	4	3	3	4	6	-	-	2	3	-

	Friday 08					Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Mon
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s)	7	7	9	9	4	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Energy	28	40	37	59	78	33	104	93	89	116	144	85	100	91	62	101	75	83	82	75	45	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:57PM 0.86				1:01AM 1.01				1:46PM 0.88				1:53AM 1.00	2:33AM 1.16				2:38PM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 0.30				7:39AM 0.20									8:49AM 0.21				9:14PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	15	16	14	13	14	15	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	20	21	19	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	12	10	12	13	15	16	15	14	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	20	21	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	4	7	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	3	4

	Friday 08	Saturday 09
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 E	1.2 S
Period(s)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	4	9	4	4	5	9	9	5	5	9	5
Energy	34	27	28	28	40	40	41	37	37	39	45	44	60	62	55	82	30	33	106	103	32	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:57PM 0.86													1:01AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)											6:33PM 0.30	7:05PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

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