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 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15
	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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	6	6	6	7	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	4	5	7	7	7	7	4	5	6
Energy(?)	60	70	76	47	49	41	50	63	84	131	93	57	23	32	25	81	46	64	47	40	59	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:14AM 1.16	12:20PM 0.84		12:43AM 0.98			1:47AM 1.03		2:01PM 0.76	2:26AM 0.92		3:00PM 0.75	3:26AM 0.92		4:04PM 0.78	4:28AM 0.96		5:04PM 0.84		5:25AM 1.01	5:55PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)		6:11AM 0.12	6:05PM 0.16		7:14AM 0.15	7:01PM 0.25		8:18AM 0.26		8:02PM 0.26	9:18AM 0.23		9:19PM 0.26	10:17AM 0.19		10:22PM 0.22	11:08AM 0.13		11:16PM 0.16	11:54AM 0.07		12:06AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	16	16	17	18	19	17	18	19	12	9	7	2	5	9	10	13	12	11	12	12
Low °C	15	15	15	15	16	18	17	16	18	16	6	7	3	2	3	6	9	13	11	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	20	15	16	16	17	18	19	16	17	19	9	5	3	-2	1	6	8	12	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	7	9	6	6	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	6	5	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	10	10	-	8	8	9	10	6	11	10	6	7	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.0 NW	0.8 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 N	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	6	4	6	3	4	5	5	6	4	4	3	4	-	2	3	3	3	4	5	6

	Sunday 08			Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany 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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	4	5	5
Energy(?)	226	133	98	88	51	52	59	54	76	77	46	47	45	49	49	53	41	81	53	50	50	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:59PM 1.02				12:35PM 0.92				12:43AM 0.98				1:09PM 0.79				1:32AM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)		5:29PM 0.09				6:21AM 0.14				6:05PM 0.16				7:03AM 0.19				6:51PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	18	16	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	22	20	18	16	15	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	16	16	17	18	18	18	16	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	8	6	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	4	4	-	6	6	3	7	4	4	5	5

	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany 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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	236	164	308	292	221	94	80	79	98	98	96	88	88	87	87	74	64	64	66	68	70	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										11:59PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)				5:29PM 0.09													6:11AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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