Mispillion Harbor Jetty

A Working Harbor Entrance

This view looks out over the rubble-mound jetty that shelters the narrow channel connecting the Mispillion River to Delaware Bay. The stone breakwater absorbs wave energy from the open bay, giving small craft a protected passage in and out of the harbor.

Delaware Bay's Ecological Significance

The beaches and flats around Mispillion Harbor host one of the largest horseshoe crab spawning aggregations in the world, which in turn draws enormous flocks of red knots and other shorebirds on their long-distance migrations. The site is managed as part of the DuPont Nature Center reserve, dedicated to protecting this delicate estuarine habitat.

Operated by Delaware DNREC

The camera is maintained by Delaware's Division of Fish and Wildlife, part of the state's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, offering an ongoing public window onto the harbor and its surrounding bay waters.