Every week in the summer, Delaware Online/The News Journal provides this weekly guide to the Delaware beaches. Here's what's happening this week. Hurricane Erin isn't expected to make landfall, but the magnitude of the storm means that even as it passes hundreds of miles offshore, its effects will be felt along the coast.

Erin, a sprawling Category 2 hurricane, is not forecast to make landfall but will impact much of the East Coast with dangerous coastal conditions as it tracks north, nearly paralleling the coast. Bermuda will face similar conditions to the storm's east.

Hurricane Erin is already creating dangerous beach conditions in New Jersey and Delaware on Tuesday, with the worst of the waves and rip currents not expected until Thursday. From Point Pleasant to Rehoboth Beach,

Dewey Beach closed ocean access around 12:30 p.m. Aug. 18 "due to rip currents and dangerous waves," the town's website says. In Rehoboth Beach, officials prohibited swimming around the same time. You can still walk on both beaches.

Tropical Storm Erin is officially the first hurricane of the 2025 season. Here's what we know and the latest spaghetti models.

Forecasters are monitoring two other tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 19 as the heart of the 2025 hurricane season approaches.

As of Monday morning, Hurricane Erin is a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. The storm has weakened slightly after hitting Category 5 strength over the weekend. Erin is the first hurricane to form during the Atlantic hurricane season,