Bethany Beach, Delaware Weather
Bethany Beach, Delaware — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Bethany Beach, Sussex County.
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About Bethany Beach, Delaware
Bethany Beach unfolds onto a stretch of Delaware coast where the land is low and sandy, a place where the Atlantic's persistent breath shapes everything. It lies 31.9 miles east-north-east of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 67°T), and is situated 1.9 miles east-south-east of Ocean View. The air here carries a perpetual tang of salt, mingling with the sweet, warm scent of dune grass baking in the sun. Wide avenues, lined with cheerful, often pastel-hued cottages, lead the eye inevitably toward the vast, shimmering expanse of the ocean. Even away from the shore, the terrain is soft underfoot, a yielding foundation built from millennia of wind and water, and the light at dusk, a tender wash of apricot and rose, seems to cling to the low-slung rooftops and the weathered pilings of the boardwalk. The history of Bethany Beach is tied to the very waves that draw visitors here, a place that began as a Methodist campground and evolved into a beloved summer resort. Its economy, deeply entwined with tourism, hums with a seasonal rhythm, peaking when families flock to its shores, seeking respite and the simple pleasure of sand between their toes. The boardwalk, a weathered spine of wood, serves as the town's vibrant artery, a place where the scent of popcorn and fried dough hangs in the humid air, and the laughter of children echoes against the ceaseless murmur of the surf. Beyond the immediate bustle, the inland areas whisper of a quieter past, of farms that once dominated the landscape, their legacy now a faint echo against the relentless allure of the sea.
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| Location | Bethany Beach, Sussex County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 38.539556°N, 75.055181°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19930 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bethany Beach, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bethany Beach, Delaware, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bethany Beach includes coordinates 38.539556°N, 75.055181°W, situated in Sussex County. ZIP code 19930. Telephone area code: 302. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
