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Cape Henry Tide Times

Virginia · Station 8638999 · Updated Jul 20, 2026

Cape Henry runs a mean tidal range of about 2.9 ft. This month the highest water, 4.2 ft, comes on the evening of Jul 14, and the lowest, a -0.4 ft minus tide, on the morning of Jul 15.

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 0.5 ft at 8:14 PM

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder Flood tide ≥ ft Low tide ≤ ft

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Cape Henry this month: Jul 10, Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock — prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Cape Henry this month: Jul 10, Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16, Jul 17, Jul 18, Jul 19. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

July 2026

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1🌕L:0.1H:2.6L:0.3H:3.4

2L:0.1H:2.6L:0.4H:3.3

3L:0.1H:2.7L:0.4H:3.2

4L:0.1H:2.8L:0.5H:3.1

5L:0.1H:2.9L:0.5

6🌗H:3.0L:0.1H:3.1L:0.5

7🌗H:2.8L:0.1H:3.3L:0.5

8🌗H:2.7L:0.0H:3.4L:0.4

9🌗H:2.6L:0.0H:3.6L:0.3

10H:2.6L:-0.0H:3.8L:0.2

11H:2.6L:-0.1H:4.0

12L:-0.0H:2.7L:-0.2H:4.1

13🌑L:-0.2H:2.9L:-0.3H:4.2

14🌑L:-0.3H:3.1L:-0.4H:4.2

15🌑L:-0.4H:3.3L:-0.3H:4.1

16🌑L:-0.4H:3.4L:-0.2H:3.9

17L:-0.3H:3.4L:-0.0H:3.6

18L:-0.2H:3.4L:0.2

19H:3.3L:-0.1H:3.4L:0.4

20H:3.0L:0.1H:3.4L:0.5

21🌓H:2.7L:0.3H:3.3L:0.6

22🌓H:2.4L:0.4H:3.2L:0.7

23🌓H:2.3L:0.5H:3.2L:0.7

24🌓H:2.3L:0.6H:3.2

25L:0.7H:2.3L:0.6H:3.3

26L:0.6H:2.4L:0.6H:3.4

27L:0.5H:2.5L:0.5H:3.5

28🌕L:0.4H:2.6L:0.4H:3.5

29🌕L:0.3H:2.8L:0.4H:3.6

30🌕L:0.2H:2.9L:0.3H:3.6

31🌕L:0.1H:3.0L:0.4H:3.5

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).

Day	Major windows	Minor windows	Score
Today 🌒	5:25–7:25 PM 5:50–7:50 AM	11:46–1:46 PM 10:55–12:55 AM	54
Tue Jul 21 🌓	6:09–8:09 PM 6:34–8:34 AM	12:49–2:49 PM —	41
Wed Jul 22 🌓	6:55–8:55 PM 7:20–9:20 AM	1:51–3:51 PM 11:22–1:22 AM	41
Thu Jul 23 🌓	7:42–9:42 PM 8:07–10:07 AM	2:53–4:53 PM 11:52–1:52 AM	55
Fri Jul 24 🌓	8:32–10:32 PM 8:57–10:57 AM	3:52–5:52 PM 12:28–2:28 AM	68
Sat Jul 25 🌔	9:22–11:22 PM 9:47–11:47 AM	4:47–6:47 PM 1:09–3:09 AM	79
Sun Jul 26 🌔	10:13–12:13 AM 10:38–12:38 PM	5:37–7:37 PM 1:57–3:57 AM	88

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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