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

	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period(s)	5	5	9	9	8	7	4	4	5	5	6	8	8	7	6	6	5	6	6	8	7	7
Energy	33	17	47	64	31	20	18	28	50	47	158	207	104	102	42	72	71	107	139	94	74	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 1.18	1:30PM 0.99		1:45AM 1.12		2:32PM 1.00	2:47AM 1.09		4:51PM 1.13	4:05AM 1.16		4:34PM 1.08	4:50AM 1.05		5:28PM 1.14		5:44AM 1.06	6:16PM 1.19		6:32AM 1.06	6:58PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	6:21PM 0.11		7:27AM 0.06	7:32PM 0.16		8:36AM 0.08		8:48PM 0.18	10:35AM 0.13		10:06PM 0.17	10:34AM 0.05		10:54PM 0.12	11:22AM 0.03		11:46PM 0.08	12:06PM 0.02		12:34AM 0.04	12:47PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	-	-
High °C	21	18	13	16	20	13	12	11	13	16	9	10	11	10	11	11	15	15	14	13	15	19
Low °C	19	14	12	16	13	12	11	11	13	15	9	9	10	9	11	11	11	15	14	13	12	18
Chill °C (?)	21	18	12	15	20	12	10	9	11	15	5	8	9	8	10	9	13	13	12	11	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	8	7	7	7	5	5	13	8	8	7	6	10	10	10	9	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	6	5	5	-	7	7	6	6	5	13	8	12	12	12	-	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	6	4	3	3

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	4	4	4	4	4
Energy	11	51	33	30	35	47	56	58	47	44	43	56	38	31	29	17	20	19	18	25	26	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:28PM 1.01				12:42AM 1.18								1:45AM 1.12					2:32PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)				6:21PM 0.11				7:27AM 0.06	8:20AM 0.10			7:32PM 0.16					8:36AM 0.08				8:48PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	15	21	19	18	18	18	16	15	14	17	18	18	20	18	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	21	19	18	18	18	16	14	14	17	18	18	20	18	11	10	12	10	8	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	5	7	5	4	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	5	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Wednesday 22	Thursday 23
	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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	11	11	11	11	51	51	41	41	23	20	21	30	31	34	35	37	37	47	54	54	56	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:28PM 1.01												12:42AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)											6:31PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	15	17	19	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	9	12	14	16	19	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	14
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	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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