Deal Island, Maryland — 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 Deal Island, Somerset County.
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Deal Island exhales a salt-laced stillness, a place where the land surrenders to the Chesapeake Bay with a thousand watery fingers. It lies 22.9 miles east of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 81°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-west of Mount Vernon. Marsh grasses, the color of aged parchment, sway in a breeze that carries the distant cry of gulls, framing wide, flat expanses that seem to hold the sky itself in their shallow embrace. The houses, often weathered to a soft, silvery gray, perch on stilts, their porches gazing out at the endless shimmer of water and the occasional, slow-moving silhouette of a skipjack, its sails a stark white against the vast, pale blue. Even the air here feels different, thick with the scent of brine and the quiet hum of insects, a palpable weight that settles into the bones and slows the pulse. For generations, Deal Island has been intrinsically bound to the bounty of these waters, its economy a testament to the enduring power of the oyster and the crab. The rhythm of life here beats to the ebb and flow of the tides, the early morning departures of workboats a familiar punctuation to the day. History whispers in the creak of dock pilings and the worn planks of the boatyards, a legacy of hardy watermen who have coaxed a living from this coastal fringe. While modernity has touched its edges, the soul of Deal Island remains rooted in this age-old dance with the Chesapeake, a persistent, quiet strength found in the resilient spirit of its people and the enduring, elemental beauty of their watery domain.
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| Location | Deal Island, Somerset County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.159012°N, 75.947989°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21821 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Deal Island, Maryland, 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 Deal Island includes coordinates 38.159012°N, 75.947989°W, situated in Somerset County. ZIP code 21821. Telephone area code: 410, 443. 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.