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Reedy Point, DE Daily Water Report — August 24, 2026

Boating and kayaking own Reedy Point on this late-August Monday, and the water is about as cooperative as the scores get. Forecast and current conditions support a 9.2 for boating and 8.6 for kayaking—the strongest boat number of the last three days—while surfing sits at 4.5 on a surface that barely wrinkles. Treat those as suitability, not a safety stamp. Hulls and paddles have the edge; anyone needing a ride does not. A light west-northwest breeze, generally 2.3 to 8.8 knots with a representative 4 and ordinary gusts near 8, keeps the marine forecast nearly flat: waves 0.0 to 0.2 meters, calmest near 03:00 at 0.04 meters on a short 3.9-second period. Swell is equally small from the southeast, wind waves are nil, and current is effectively slack. Skies are forecast clear, rain is not indicated, and pressure is rising through about 1013 to 1018 hPa. Air starts near 16 C and can reach the mid-20s; the representative reading is 18 C. Atmospheric visibility is 16.4 kilometers, which is not underwater clarity. NOAA CoastWatch lists sea-surface temperature at 24.8 C, 0.6 C below average; the marine forecast reads 27.6 C. Those are two source values, not one blended truth. The tradeoff is a midafternoon pulse. The strongest gust, 14.6 knots, is forecast at 15:00, hard by the 15:25 low of 0.25 meters, so the easiest boat and paddle stretch is morning into early afternoon. NOAA tides also bring a 1.55-meter high at 09:16 and the day’s larger high, 1.83 meters, at 21:35. Solunar majors run 07:58–09:58 and 19:58–21:58, overlapping those highs; the later window falls after 18:49 sunset and 19:17 dusk. Fishing still scores only 5.6—unchanged from the prior two days—on solunar timing, tide, pressure, wind, and available clarity. Wildlife eases to 6.2 from yesterday’s 7.4. Diving holds at 7.6; sailing is a modest 6.3 in this light air. Chlorophyll is very high at 11.75 mg/m3, bloom conditions, and that is all the ocean color supports. Reconstructed scores from the 22nd and 23rd show boating stepping from 8.1 to 8.4 to 9.2 and kayaking from 7.9 to 8.5 to 8.6, while fishing and surfing have not moved. Tuesday and Wednesday stay dry and light, peak winds around 6 to 8 knots, waves still near nothing. Thursday turns messier: a 63 percent rain chance, heat near 30 C, winds to 11 knots, and waves only 0.2 to 0.3 meters. Friday keeps a 56 percent rain chance before the weekend eases. Best bet: be on the water after 05:23 sunrise and done, or content, before that midafternoon gust.