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Colonial Beach, Va. Tide Times

Virginia · Station 8635150 · Updated Sep 16, 2026

Colonial Beach, Va. runs a mean tidal range of about 1.6 ft. This month the highest water, 2.4 ft, comes on the afternoon of Sep 12, and the lowest, 0.3 ft, on the morning of Sep 29.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Dahlgren, Upper Machodoc Creek, Va. (8635027), about 6 mi away, high and low tides here run on average about 15 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge
Next high tide 1.9 ft at 6:49 AM
Low 0.7 ft · 1:03 AMHigh 1.9 ft · 6:49 AMLow 0.5 ft · 1:02 PMHigh 2.1 ft · 7:17 PMLow 0.8 ft · 1:49 AM
Predicted
Today's tides
Low tide1:03 AM0.7 ft
High tide6:49 AM1.9 ft
Low tide1:02 PM0.5 ft
High tide7:17 PM2.1 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Colonial Beach, Va. this month: Sep 1, Sep 2, Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 11, Sep 12, Sep 13, Sep 14, 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:0.6H:2.1L:0.4H:2.3
2L:0.6H:2.0L:0.4H:2.3
3🌗L:0.7H:2.0L:0.5H:2.2
4🌗L:0.7H:1.9L:0.5H:2.2
5🌗L:0.8H:1.9L:0.5H:2.1
6🌗L:0.7H:1.9L:0.5H:2.2
7L:0.7H:1.9L:0.5
8H:2.2L:0.6H:2.0L:0.4
9H:2.3L:0.5H:2.2L:0.3
10H:2.3L:0.4H:2.3L:0.3
11🌑H:2.3L:0.3H:2.3L:0.3
12🌑H:2.3L:0.3H:2.4L:0.4
13🌑H:2.2L:0.3H:2.3L:0.5
14H:2.1L:0.4H:2.3
15L:0.6H:2.0L:0.5H:2.2
16L:0.7H:1.9L:0.5H:2.1
17L:0.8H:1.9L:0.6H:2.0
18🌓L:0.8H:1.8L:0.7H:1.9
19🌓L:0.9H:1.7L:0.7H:1.9
20🌓L:0.9H:1.7L:0.7H:1.9
21🌓L:0.8H:1.8L:0.7H:2.0
22L:0.8H:1.8L:0.6
23H:2.0L:0.7H:1.9L:0.5
24H:2.1L:0.6H:2.0L:0.5
25🌕H:2.1L:0.5H:2.1L:0.4
26🌕H:2.1L:0.4H:2.2L:0.4
27🌕H:2.1L:0.3H:2.3L:0.4
28🌕H:2.1L:0.3H:2.3L:0.4
29H:2.1L:0.3H:2.3L:0.5
30H:2.0L:0.3H:2.3

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Colonial Beach, Va., 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 🌒4:24–6:24 PM
4:49–6:49 AM		11:41–1:41 PM
9:02–11:02 PM		69
Thu Sep 17 🌒5:14–7:14 PM
5:39–7:39 AM		12:40–2:40 PM
9:45–11:45 PM		56
Fri Sep 18 🌓6:05–8:05 PM
6:30–8:30 AM		1:34–3:34 PM
10:35–12:35 AM		43
Sat Sep 19 🌓6:55–8:55 PM
7:20–9:20 AM		2:22–4:22 PM
—		41
Sun Sep 20 🌓7:44–9:44 PM
8:09–10:09 AM		3:02–5:02 PM
11:31–1:31 AM		54
Mon Sep 21 🌓8:32–10:32 PM
8:57–10:57 AM		3:36–5:36 PM
12:31–2:31 AM		67
Tue Sep 22 🌔9:17–11:17 PM
9:42–11:42 AM		4:06–6:06 PM
1:33–3:33 AM		77

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8635150. 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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