Route 1 Is A Little Sandy Monday Morning

The winds have been pushing sand onto route 1 all night below the Charles W Cullen bridge in the northbound lane. There is a breach area that the last storm surge broke through the dunes two weeks ago, mostly wind and some water.
Since then any easterly heavy winds are pushing sand onto the highway. Deldot is clearing the sand and Watershed Stewardship is reinforcing the dunes. This issue shows how well fences and dune grass work to keep sand in place, when it is present. This area will continue to allow sand to be pushed onto the highway during an easterly blow

The water will lay down later this week, right now we are at dead low tide and still windy. The water is pushing up onto the beaches from wind and surge. As the day progresses that will lay down a ittle but not much. There are short striped bass and blue fish in that heavy wash. Good day to get out and fish. Beach combing will be killer at the next few low tides. Be careful driving on the beaches at high tide this afternoon around 3 PM.

Marine Forecast … NOAA

Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm-
616 AM EDT Mon Oct 21 2019

…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…

.TODAY…N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, becoming NE
10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt this afternoon. Seas 5 to
8 ft, subsiding to 4 to 6 ft late this morning and afternoon.
Swell mainly from the SE with a dominant period of 9 seconds.
Patchy fog early this morning with vsby 1 to 3 NM.

.TONIGHT…NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming
E 5 to 10 kt late. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Swell mainly from the E with a
dominant period of 11 seconds.

.TUE…SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Swell mainly from the
E with a dominant period of 9 seconds. A chance of showers in
the afternoon.
.TUE NIGHT…S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Swell mainly from
the E with a dominant period of 9 seconds. Showers until early
morning.

.WED…W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.WED NIGHT…W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming
NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the evening, then
2 ft or less.

THU…NW winds around 5 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas
2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT…S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.FRI…S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.FRI NIGHT…SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas
2 ft or less. A chance of showers

Tides Indian River Inlet …