Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Tides Today
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel runs a mean tidal range of about 2.5 ft. This month the highest water, 3.7 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 27, and the lowest, 0.0 ft, on the morning of Oct 27.
| High tide | 12:35 AM | 2.6 ft |
| Low tide | 6:32 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 1:06 PM | 3.2 ft |
| Low tide | 7:45 PM | 0.5 ft |
Today on the water at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
Today at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel: high tide at 12:35 AM (2.6 ft) and 1:06 PM (3.2 ft), low tide at 6:32 AM (0.3 ft) and 7:45 PM (0.5 ft). Sunrise is at 7:26 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM.
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel sits at 36.9667° N, 76.1133° W on the Chesapeake Bay, at Virginia Beach, VA. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1975 until 2017, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Cbbt, Chesapeake Channel (NOAA 8638901), 4.9 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 3 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 4.8 mi away.
The tide at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel has a semidiurnal tide: two highs and two lows a day of about the same size, roughly 12 hours 25 minutes apart. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 2.9 ft, and 2.5 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.2 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Chesapeake tides are semidiurnal but small, 1 to 3 ft, and arrive many hours after the ocean tide as the wave works up the bay and its rivers.
About this station
- High tide reaches Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel about 0.7 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 7.6 ft on Nov 12, 2009.
- Lowest on record: -2.9 ft on Jan 11, 1978.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA fixes MLLW at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.9 ft above it and mean sea level 1.4 ft. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638863, a National Water Level Observation Network gauge, established 1975, gauge removed 2017. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
- Lynnhaven Inlet, Virginia Pilots Dock: 4.3 mi, tides about 39 min later
- Cbbt, Chesapeake Channel: 4.9 mi, tides about 3 min later
- Bayville: 5.1 mi, tides about 140 min later
- Little Creek, Nab: 5.1 mi, tides about 9 min later
- Broad Bay Canal: 5.3 mi, tides about 122 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel this month: Oct 1, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 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 🌖 | 4:43–6:43 AM 5:08–7:08 PM | 10:10–12:10 AM 12:23–2:23 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:43–7:43 AM 6:08–8:08 PM | — 1:06–3:06 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:39–8:39 AM 7:04–9:04 PM | 11:25–1:25 AM 1:41–3:41 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:30–9:30 AM 7:55–9:55 PM | 12:38–2:38 AM 2:11–4:11 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:18–10:18 AM 8:43–10:43 PM | 1:48–3:48 AM 2:38–4:38 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:04–11:04 AM 9:29–11:29 PM | 2:55–4:55 AM 3:03–5:03 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:49–11:49 AM 10:14–12:14 AM | 4:00–6:00 AM 3:29–5:29 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638863. 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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