Chester Tides Today
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Chester runs a mean tidal range of about 2.8 ft. This month the highest water, 3.6 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 27, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 27.
| Low tide | 3:47 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 9:10 AM | 2.8 ft |
| Low tide | 3:42 PM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 9:22 PM | 3.2 ft |
Today on the water at Chester
Today at Chester: high tide at 9:10 AM (2.8 ft) and 9:22 PM (3.2 ft), low tide at 3:47 AM (0.3 ft) and 3:42 PM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with N winds 7 mph, 66°F. Sunrise is at 7:32 AM and sunset at 6:14 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | N 7 mph | 66°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 3 mph | 43°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Chester is
Chester sits at 37.3833° N, 77.3783° W on the Chesapeake Bay, about 2 mi northeast of Chester, VA, in Henrico. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Yorktown, USCG Training Center (NOAA 8637689), 50.6 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 286 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Chesterfield County Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 8.2 mi away.
The tide at Chester
Chester 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 3.2 ft, and 2.9 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 Chester about 8.6 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Washington, Washington Channel, D.C., station 8594900. High tide comes about 219 min earlier and low tide about 239 min earlier than there.
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 Chester from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 3.2 ft above it and mean sea level 1.6 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Sewells Point, VA gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638491, established 1971, gauge removed 2012. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Chester
- Meadowville: 3.0 mi, tides about 12 min earlier
- Richmond Deepwater Terminal, James River: 5.8 mi, tides about 5 min earlier
- City Point, Hopewell: 7.7 mi, tides about 84 min earlier
- Puddledock, Appomattox River: 8.1 mi, tides about 40 min earlier
- Northbury: 21.8 mi, tides about 101 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Chester this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29. 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 Chester, 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 🌖 | 4:48–6:48 AM 5:13–7:13 PM | 10:14–12:14 AM 12:29–2:29 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:48–7:48 AM 6:13–8:13 PM | — 1:12–3:12 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:44–8:44 AM 7:09–9:09 PM | 11:29–1:29 AM 1:47–3:47 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:35–9:35 AM 8:00–10:00 PM | 12:43–2:43 AM 2:17–4:17 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:23–10:23 AM 8:48–10:48 PM | 1:53–3:53 AM 2:43–4:43 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:09–11:09 AM 9:34–11:34 PM | 3:00–5:00 AM 3:08–5:08 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:54–11:54 AM 10:19–12:19 AM | 4:06–6:06 AM 3:33–5:33 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638491. 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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