Delaware River and Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2025-04-18 19:47 EDT ----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)--------------------------- Lewes 1.1 ft, Rising Brandywine Shoal Li.. 1.3 ft, Rising Reedy Point 2.3 ft, Falling Delaware City 2.4 ft, Falling Newbold 8.0 ft, Rising Bridesburg 5.8 ft, Falling Philadelphia 5.3 ft, Falling Marcus Hook 3.8 ft, Falling Burlington 7.2 ft, Steady Ship John Shoal 1.6 ft, Falling Cape May 1.5 ft, Rising --------------------------------------Winds------------------------------------- Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts Lewes 10 kn ESE 14 Brandywine Shoal Li.. 18 kn S 20 Delaware City 3 kn SSE 6 Newbold 7 kn SSE 9 Burlington 9 kn SSW 15 Ship John Shoal *** kn *** *** Cape May 14 kn SSE 20 ----------------------------Air and Water Temperature--------------------------- Air Water Air Water Off Bethany Beach, .. *** °F 50 °F Lewes 66 °F 51 °F Brandywine Shoal Li.. 58 °F Reedy Point 60 °F 54 °F Delaware City 63 °F Newbold 64 °F 53 °F Bridesburg 66 °F 51 °F Philadelphia 67 °F 50 °F Marcus Hook 64 °F 54 °F Burlington 67 °F 51 °F Ship John Shoal *** °F *** °F Cape May 57 °F 51 °F -------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------ Lewes 1020 mb Falling Brandywine Shoal Li.. 1020 mb Falling Reedy Point 1017 mb Falling Delaware City 1018 mb Falling Newbold 1018 mb Falling Bridesburg 1018 mb Falling Philadelphia 1017 mb Falling Marcus Hook 1017 mb Falling Burlington 1018 mb Falling Ship John Shoal *** mb Cape May 1020 mb Falling ----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity--------------------------- Salin. S.G. Salin. S.G. Lewes 28.7 psu 1.023 -----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)----------------- Reedy Point Bridge 139.1 ft, Incr. Delaware Mem. Bridge 189.0 ft, Incr. Ben Franklin Bridge.. 135.1 ft, Incr. ------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------ Spd Dir Spd Dir LB10, Delaware Bay .. *** kn ( ), ***°T Philadelphia Curren.. *** kn ( ), ***°T Reedy Point (predic.. 1.9 kn (E), 162.0°T --------------------------------------Waves------------------------------------- SigHt PkDir PkPer SigHt PkDir PkPer Off Bethany Beach, .. 2.3 ft 161°T 4 s *** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
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