Pickering Beach

Kent County, Delaware, United States

Today at a glance

Calmest: 3 pm to 6 pm, sunset 6:11 pm

8 am
5.7
34 km/h21 mph wind, Good

9 am
5.8
34 km/h21 mph wind, Good

10 am
5.9
30 km/h19 mph wind, Good

11 am
6.3
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good

12 pm
6.5
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good

1 pm
6.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good

2 pm
6.7
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good

3 pm
6.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good

4 pm
7.0
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great

5 pm
6.8
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good

6 pm
6.5
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air: 14°C58°F
Water: 16°C61°F
Wind: 3522 km/hmph NNE
Gusts: 4427 km/hmph
Waves: 0.3 m1 ft
UV: 0 low
Tide: rising
Rain: 0%
Sunset: 6:11 pm

Today

5.7Good8 am3421

5.8Good9 am3421

5.9Good10 am3019

6.3Good11 am2616

6.5Good12 pm2314

6.7Good1 pm2012

6.7Good2 pm2013

6.8Good3 pm1912

7.0Great4 pm1811

6.8Good5 pm2013

6.5Good6 pm2415

Sat

4.6Fair8 am1811

5.4Fair9 am1711

6.7Good10 am1610

4.8Fair11 am159

4.9Fair12 pm138

5.0Fair1 pm127

5.0Fair2 pm117

7.3Great3 pm106

7.2Great4 pm95

7.2Great5 pm106

6.9Good6 pm74

Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

High 7 am, 0.4 m1 ft
Low 1 pm, -1.1 m4 ft
High 7 pm, 0.4 m1 ft
Low 1 am, -1.2 m4 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

Sun7.4 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
Mon7.9 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
Tue7.4 GreatBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
Wed4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 1%
Thu7.2 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 3%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town: 4.7 km2.9 miLittle Creek (village)
Nearest airport: 5 km3 miDover Air Force Base (DOV)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Big Stone Beach18 km11 mi south-east away
6.3 Good later
Fraland Beach20 km13 mi north away
6.7 Good later
Fortescue Beach23 km14 mi north-east away
7.2 Great later