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East, Delaware

Broadkill Beach DE

Delaware Bay glass strand

Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea glassSea glass
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: worn crockery bits, shells.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Quiet three-mile Delaware Bay strand near the Broadkill River mouth, fed sea glass by a century of bay shipping and shore-town dumping

Named among Delaware's best sea glass beaches in state travel press; individual finds are hobbyist reports rather than logged accounts

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Greenhead flies in summerSpawning horseshoe crabs in May-June, soft sand driving

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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