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Cape Henry Tide Times

Virginia · Station 8638999 · Updated Sep 16, 2026

Cape Henry runs a mean tidal range of about 3.0 ft. This month the highest water, 4.4 ft, comes on the morning of Sep 29, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the morning of Sep 11.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Cbbt, Chesapeake Channel (8638901), about 8 mi away, high and low tides here run on average about 19 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge
Next low tide 0.7 ft at 5:53 AM
Low 0.7 ft · 5:53 AMHigh 3.7 ft · 12:16 PMLow 0.9 ft · 6:51 PMHigh 2.9 ft · 12:28 AM
Predicted
Today's tides
Low tide5:53 AM0.7 ft
High tide12:16 PM3.7 ft
Low tide6:51 PM0.9 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Cape Henry this month: Sep 12, Sep 13, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

September 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1L:0.2H:4.0L:0.5H:3.2
2L:0.3H:4.0L:0.6
3🌗H:3.1L:0.4H:3.9L:0.7
4🌗H:2.9L:0.5H:3.9L:0.7
5🌗H:2.8L:0.5H:3.8L:0.7
6🌗H:2.9L:0.5H:3.9L:0.6
7H:3.1L:0.4H:4.0
8L:0.4H:3.3L:0.3H:4.0
9L:0.3H:3.6L:0.2H:4.0
10L:0.1H:3.8L:0.2H:4.0
11🌑L:0.1H:4.0L:0.2H:3.9
12🌑L:0.1H:4.1L:0.2H:3.7
13🌑L:0.2H:4.1L:0.4H:3.5
14L:0.3H:4.0L:0.6H:3.3
15L:0.5H:3.9L:0.8H:3.1
16L:0.7H:3.7L:0.9
17H:2.9L:0.9H:3.5L:1.1
18🌓H:2.7L:1.1H:3.4L:1.2
19🌓H:2.6L:1.2H:3.3L:1.2
20🌓H:2.6L:1.2H:3.3L:1.1
21🌓H:2.7L:1.1H:3.4L:1.0
22H:2.9L:1.0H:3.5
23L:0.8H:3.1L:0.9H:3.6
24L:0.7H:3.4L:0.7H:3.7
25🌕L:0.5H:3.7L:0.5H:3.7
26🌕L:0.3H:3.9L:0.4H:3.7
27🌕L:0.2H:4.2L:0.3H:3.7
28🌕L:0.1H:4.3L:0.3H:3.6
29L:0.2H:4.4L:0.4H:3.4
30L:0.2H:4.3L:0.5H:3.3

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Cape Henry, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).

DayMajor windowsMinor windowsScore
Today 🌒4:20–6:20 PM
4:45–6:45 AM		11:33–1:33 PM
9:03–11:03 PM		69
Thu Sep 17 🌒5:10–7:10 PM
5:35–7:35 AM		12:31–2:31 PM
9:46–11:46 PM		56
Fri Sep 18 🌓6:01–8:01 PM
6:26–8:26 AM		1:25–3:25 PM
10:36–12:36 AM		43
Sat Sep 19 🌓6:51–8:51 PM
7:16–9:16 AM		2:13–4:13 PM
—		41
Sun Sep 20 🌓7:40–9:40 PM
8:05–10:05 AM		2:54–4:54 PM
11:32–1:32 AM		54
Mon Sep 21 🌓8:28–10:28 PM
8:53–10:53 AM		3:29–5:29 PM
12:31–2:31 AM		67
Tue Sep 22 🌔9:13–11:13 PM
9:38–11:38 AM		3:59–5:59 PM
1:33–3:33 AM		77

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638999. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.

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