Claremont Tides Today
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Claremont runs a mean tidal range of about 1.5 ft. This month the highest water, 2.6 ft, comes on the afternoon of Oct 27, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the morning of Oct 28.
| Low tide | 12:04 AM | 0.5 ft |
| High tide | 5:16 AM | 1.9 ft |
| Low tide | 11:53 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 5:47 PM | 2.3 ft |
Today on the water at Claremont
Today at Claremont: high tide at 5:16 AM (1.9 ft) and 5:47 PM (2.3 ft), low tide at 12:04 AM (0.5 ft) and 11:53 AM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 7 mph, 66°F. Sunrise is at 7:30 AM and sunset at 6:12 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 7 mph | 66°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 1 to 5 mph | 43°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Claremont is
Claremont sits at 37.2317° N, 76.9483° W on the Chesapeake Bay, at Claremont, VA, in Surry. 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), 25.8 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 236 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 12.8 mi away.
The tide at Claremont
Claremont 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 2.1 ft, and 1.8 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 Claremont about 5.4 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: 4.6 ft on Oct 6, 1972.
- Lowest on record: -2.8 ft on Jan 27, 1971.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Hampton Roads (Sewells Point), station 8638610. High tide comes about 231 min later and low tide about 265 min later than there.
- High tide heights run about 0.76 times the reference.
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 Claremont from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.1 ft above it and mean sea level 1.1 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Sewells Point, VA gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638449, established 1970, gauge removed 1974. 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 Claremont
- Ferry Point (bridge): 4.5 mi, tides about 6 min later
- Jamestown: 8.7 mi, tides about 67 min earlier
- Wright Island Landing: 8.8 mi, tides about 46 min later
- Scotland: 9.6 mi, tides about 78 min earlier
- Lanexa, Chicahomny River: 12.0 mi, tides about 39 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Claremont this month: Oct 1, Oct 9, 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 Claremont, 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 🌖 | 4:46–6:46 AM 5:11–7:11 PM | 10:13–12:13 AM 12:27–2:27 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:47–7:47 AM 6:12–8:12 PM | — 1:10–3:10 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:42–8:42 AM 7:07–9:07 PM | 11:28–1:28 AM 1:45–3:45 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:34–9:34 AM 7:59–9:59 PM | 12:41–2:41 AM 2:15–4:15 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:22–10:22 AM 8:47–10:47 PM | 1:51–3:51 AM 2:41–4:41 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:08–11:08 AM 9:33–11:33 PM | 2:58–4:58 AM 3:07–5:07 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:52–11:52 AM 10:17–12:17 AM | 4:04–6:04 AM 3:32–5:32 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638449. 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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