Main Beach
Kent County, Maryland, United States
- Lifeguards
No photo of Main Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:14 pm6.6
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
6.5
25 km/h15 mph wind, Good
6.6
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
6.7
22 km/h14 mph wind, Good
6.8
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
7.0
19 km/h11 mph wind, Great
7.2
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
7.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.4
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 12°C54°F
- Water
- 17°C63°F
- Wind
- 2415 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 3522 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.3 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:14 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 7 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
- Low 1 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 8 pm, -0.3 m1 ft
- Low 1 am, -0.4 m1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- LifeguardListedOpenStreetMap lists lifeguards here.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 5 km3.1 miBetterton (village)
- Nearest airport
- 13 km8 miPhillips Army Air Field (APG)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Betterton Beach5.0 km3.1 mi east away6.8 Good later
- Belcamp Beach15 km9.6 mi north-west away7.5 Great later
- Mitchell Bluff18 km11 mi south-west away6.7 Good later
- North East Beach Area19 km12 mi north-east away7.5 Great later
- Miami Beach22 km14 mi west away6.9 Good later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.4 GreatBest 10 am to 3 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.5 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 0%
- Mon7.9 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.0 GreatBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Wed5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Thu7.8 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 3%