Comfortable swimming for most people.
Sea temperature drives everything from what fish are biting to how long you can safely stay in. It lags the air by weeks, so a warm day doesn’t mean warm water. Check it before you swim, dive, or head out.
Water temps, tides, and conditions worth knowing for your spots, plus the occasional PATHR update. No spam.
The latest reading near Mills Point (south of), Wicomico Riv., Md., Maryland is about 80°F, from Dahlgren, Upper Machodoc Creek, Va. (11 mi away). Comfortable swimming for most people.
At about 80°F the water is warm. Comfortable swimming for most people.
Water temperatures come from NOAA and NDBC sensors. When a spot has no sensor of its own, we use the nearest reporting station (here, 11 mi away). In the Pathr app the temperature shown tracks the station closest to your position on the chart.
Vertical clearance and drawbridge opening schedules for the bridges closest to Mills Point (south of), Wicomico Riv., Md.. Check them against your air draft before you head out.
Pathr shows this spot live, depth under your keel, wind, tide, and traffic, on one nautical chart.
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