Cape Henlopen Bay Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 06:50 AM and sunset is at 05:38 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 1°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Mon morning, calm by Mon night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Fri afternoon, min 4°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMild at first with light rain (total 8mm) on Sun morning followed by colder weather and light fall of snow, heaviest on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sun morning, min -8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Mon night, light winds from the SSW by Tue night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min -2°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SW by Fri afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wednesday 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 1 | Monday 2 | Tue 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:35AM1.40m | 7:50PM1.12m | 8:14AM1.42m | 8:30PM1.19m | 8:52AM1.42m | 9:10PM1.26m | 9:30AM1.39m | 9:50PM1.32m | 10:11AM1.33m | 10:34PM1.35m | 10:54AM1.25m | 11:20PM1.37m | 11:40AM1.15m | 00:12AM1.36m | 12:33PM1.05m | 1:12AM1.34m | 1:36PM0.97m | 2:20AM1.32m | 2:48PM0.92m | 3:35AM1.33m | 4:07PM0.93m | 4:49AM1.37m | 5:19PM0.99m | 5:53AM1.42m | 6:20PM1.08m | 6:48AM1.46m | 7:12PM1.17m | 7:37AM1.48m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:52PM-0.02m | 1:46AM-0.10m | 2:27PM-0.07m | 2:28AM-0.14m | 3:02PM-0.11m | 3:11AM-0.15m | 3:39PM-0.13m | 3:56AM-0.14m | 4:17PM-0.13m | 4:44AM-0.11m | 4:59PM-0.11m | 5:36AM-0.05m | 5:46PM-0.07m | 6:34AM0.02m | 6:38PM-0.02m | 7:39AM0.09m | 7:39PM0.03m | 8:53AM0.12m | 8:48PM0.05m | 10:09AM0.12m | 10:00PM0.04m | 11:18AM0.07m | 11:09PM-0.01m | 12:16PM0.00m | 00:10AM-0.07m | 1:06PM-0.05m | 1:05AM-0.12m | 1:50PM-0.10m | |||||||||||||||||||
ENE 7 | E 8 | ESE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 5 | E 7 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 4 | E 10 | E 10 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | |
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cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | mod rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | light rain | mod rain | heavy snow | mod snow | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -6 | -4 | -3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 8 |
Moonrise | 6:30 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:36 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:42 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 11:21 | — | — | 12:26 | — | — | 1:38 | — | — | 2:52 | — | — | — | 4:05 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 6:22 |
Moonset | — | 4:55 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 7:10 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | — | 9:28 | — | — | 10:40 | — | — | 11:54 | — | — | — | 1:09 | — | — | 2:21 | — | — | 3:25 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:31 | — |
 | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — |
 | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:54 |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Henlopen Bay is -0.4° C (Statistics for 16 Feb 1981-2005 – mean: 3.3 max: 6.2 min: 0.7°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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