Tide station · Virginia

Watts Island tides

Times are local (America/New_York, GMT-5). Predicted tides, not live water levels. Not for navigation.

Right now

Falling

Next low 7:59 AM, 0.4 ft (0.13 m), in 4 h 46 min.

Today · Fri, Nov 13

  • High2:04 AM1.5 ft 0.44 m
  • Low7:59 AM0.4 ft 0.13 m
  • High2:26 PM1.8 ft 0.56 m
  • Low8:59 PM0.5 ft 0.14 m

Next 7 days

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Feet · orange dots are highs, black dots are lows
High and low tides for the next seven days
DayTides (local time, height)
Fri, Nov 13
  • H 2:04 AM · 1.5 ft
  • L 7:59 AM · 0.4 ft
  • H 2:26 PM · 1.8 ft
  • L 8:59 PM · 0.5 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • H 2:47 AM · 1.4 ft
  • L 8:42 AM · 0.5 ft
  • H 3:09 PM · 1.7 ft
  • L 9:44 PM · 0.5 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • H 3:32 AM · 1.4 ft
  • L 9:32 AM · 0.6 ft
  • H 3:54 PM · 1.7 ft
  • L 10:31 PM · 0.6 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • H 4:20 AM · 1.4 ft
  • L 10:28 AM · 0.6 ft
  • H 4:41 PM · 1.6 ft
  • L 11:19 PM · 0.5 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 5:11 AM · 1.4 ft
  • L 11:28 AM · 0.6 ft
  • H 5:31 PM · 1.5 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • L 12:08 AM · 0.5 ft
  • H 6:07 AM · 1.5 ft
  • L 12:31 PM · 0.6 ft
  • H 6:27 PM · 1.5 ft
Thu, Nov 19
  • L 12:58 AM · 0.4 ft
  • H 7:08 AM · 1.6 ft
  • L 1:35 PM · 0.5 ft
  • H 7:27 PM · 1.5 ft

About this station

Watts Island is a NOAA subordinate station in Virginia: its highs and lows are offsets from Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Heights are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).

Tide type: Mixed, mostly semidiurnal: two highs and two lows a day, one pair noticeably bigger than the other.

This week the biggest swing between high and low is 1.4 ft; the average swing is 1.0 ft.

Closest Quiver spot: Assateague Beach (Virginia), 50 km away.

Station facts

Station ID
8633451
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Subordinate station
Coordinates
37.7983, -75.8967
Datum
MLLW (mean lower low water)
Tide type
Mixed, mostly semidiurnal
Time zone
America/New_York

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Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS (tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov).

Licence: U.S. public domain (NOAA). Predictions are astronomical tides only: wind, swell and pressure move real water. Not for navigation.