Beach & Boardwalk Rules

To help maintain order, as well as provide a safe and enjoyable environment to each Delaware beach visitor, we ask that you familiarize yourself and cooperate with the following regulations:

Rehoboth Beach

• For visitor health and safety, no one is permitted onto the beach between the hours of 1:00am and 5:00am.
• No changing clothes in comfort stations, on the boardwalk, under the boardwalk or in vehicles while parked on city streets.
• No sleeping on the beach between the hours of 1:00am and 5:00am.
• No sleeping in cars, on any street within the City, on or under the boardwalk or benches.
• The legal age for drinking, or to enter bars in Delaware, is 21 years old.
• No drinking or open containers of alcoholic beverages on beach, boardwalk, or on public streets within City limits.
• It is illegal for dogs to run at large at any time. The City has both a leash law and a pooper-scooper law which are enforced. Dogs are prohibited from the beach and boardwalk from April 1 through October 31.
• No open fire on the beach.
• Bikes are allowed on the boardwalk during the hours of 5:00am to 10:00am from May 15th through September 15th. Adult bike riders are not permitted to ride on the sidewalks at any time. Children, under 12, please check with police for regulations.
• No vehicles on the beach or boardwalk.
• Skateboards are prohibited on the boardwalk and bandstand year round and on the sidewalks and streets from May 15th through September 15th.
• No person shall rollerskate or rollerblade on the bandstand, boardwalk or Rehoboth Avenue.

** Please review signage for beach rules at entrances to the beach and boardwalk **

Bethany Beach

• No ball playing, tossing objects, kites or fishing on the beach during lifeguard hours.
• No alcoholic beverages or glass containers permitted on the beach.
• No boats or vehicles permitted on the beach.
• Dogs are not permitted on the beach or boardwalk from May15th through September 30th.
• No fires.
• No littering.
• The beach is closed from 1:00am to 5:00am, daily.
• Surfing is only permitted north of Campbell Place.
• Stay off the rock jetties.
• Swim only between the orange flags.
• Rollerskates, skateboards, motor bikes or motorcycles are not permitted on the boardwalk.

** Please review signage for beach rules at entrances to the beach and boardwalk **