Deal Beach

Deal · South Kent · shingle

Long shingle beach with pier and historic seafront.

What the tide does here

At a spring high tide about 70% of Deal Beach is out of the water. By spring low the sea has drawn back roughly 50 metres, uncovering 95% of it — about 40 hectares of shingle.

Deal Beach at high water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **High water, 5.7 m above chart datum.** About 79% of Deal Beach is out of the water.

Deal Beach at low water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **Low water, 1.5 m above chart datum.** About 93% is uncovered.

Dogs

Dogs are banned from the beach between Deal Castle and Sandown Castle from 9am to 6pm, 1 May to 30 September. Dogs must be on a lead on the pier and the promenade between the castles all year.

Water quality

Classified Good by the Environment Agency in 2025, sampled as "Deal Castle", a designated bathing water since 1988. Daily pollution risk forecasts appear on this page in the bathing season.

Lifeguards

No RNLI lifeguard patrol here.

Facilities

Nearby: public toilets, parking and a café or kiosk. Access: a step-free path, accessible toilets and pushchair-friendly access. Flat shingle with firm promenade; good seafront access.

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Tide predictions © UK Hydrographic Office. Beach shape from Environment Agency LIDAR survey data, © Environment Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Facilities and places from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Bathing water classifications from the Environment Agency. Satellite imagery © Mapbox, © Maxar.