Delmarva Surf Forecast
Surf forecast for the Delmarva coast — Ocean City Maryland, Assateague, and the Delaware beaches (Rehoboth, Dewey, Bethany). Live cams, 7-day swell, tide and wind.
The Delmarva peninsula — Delaware's Rehoboth, Dewey, and Bethany beaches running south into Ocean City, Maryland and Assateague Island — faces almost due east, wide open to Atlantic swell from NE through SE. It's a classic mid-Atlantic setup: long, straight barrier-island beach break with sandbars that shift after every significant storm.
The standout wave is the Ocean City inlet, where the south jetty grooms NE swells into longer, more organized rights than anything on the open beach. Assateague, just across the inlet, offers uncrowded peaks for surfers willing to walk.
The engines are the same as the rest of the mid-Atlantic: hurricane swells from August through November and nor'easters from late fall through early spring. Summer runs small with short-period wind swell — dawn patrol before the sea breeze is the play. The cleanest windows of the year often come in early fall: hurricane swell in the water and light offshore mornings.
Water temps swing hard: low 40s °F in winter to high 70s in late summer. A 5/4 with hood and booties is standard January through March; trunks or a spring suit cover July through September. Rip currents around the inlet jetties are the main hazard.