Great Wicomico River Light Tides Today
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Great Wicomico River Light runs a mean tidal range of about 1.0 ft. This month the highest water, 1.5 ft, comes on the afternoon of Oct 27, and the lowest, 0.0 ft, on the morning of Oct 27.
| High tide | 4:33 AM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 10:43 AM | 0.1 ft |
| High tide | 5:04 PM | 1.3 ft |
| Low tide | 11:56 PM | 0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Great Wicomico River Light
Today at Great Wicomico River Light: high tide at 4:33 AM (1.1 ft) and 5:04 PM (1.3 ft), low tide at 10:43 AM (0.1 ft) and 11:56 PM (0.2 ft). Sunrise is at 7:28 AM and sunset at 6:08 PM.
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Great Wicomico River Light is
Great Wicomico River Light sits at 37.8050° N, 76.2683° W on the Chesapeake Bay, about 8 mi northeast of Kilmarnock, VA. 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 Windmill Point (NOAA 8636580), 13.1 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 70 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Potomac, MD, an offshore buoy reporting wind, waves and water temperature, 16.2 mi away.
The tide at Great Wicomico River Light
Great Wicomico River Light 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. 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
- NOAA predicts tides here from Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, station 8638863. High tide comes about 238 min later and low tide about 251 min later than there.
- High tide heights run about 0.41 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 publishes no datums for this point. Its predictions are offsets from Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and are referenced to MLLW there. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8636142. 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 Great Wicomico River Light
- Sunnybank, Little Wicomico River: 5.6 mi, tides about 159 min later
- Glebe Point, Great Wicomico River: 6.2 mi, tides about 21 min later
- Windmill Point: 13.1 mi, tides about 70 min earlier
- Windmill Point Light: 14.5 mi, tides about 64 min earlier
- Tangier Island: 15.1 mi, tides about 4 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Great Wicomico River Light 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 Great Wicomico River Light, 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 🌖 | 4:44–6:44 AM 5:09–7:09 PM | 10:08–12:08 AM 12:26–2:26 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:44–7:44 AM 6:09–8:09 PM | — 1:08–3:08 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:39–8:39 AM 7:04–9:04 PM | 11:24–1:24 AM 1:43–3:43 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:31–9:31 AM 7:56–9:56 PM | 12:37–2:37 AM 2:13–4:13 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:19–10:19 AM 8:44–10:44 PM | 1:48–3:48 AM 2:39–4:39 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:05–11:05 AM 9:30–11:30 PM | 2:56–4:56 AM 3:04–5:04 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:50–11:50 AM 10:15–12:15 AM | 4:02–6:02 AM 3:28–5:28 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8636142. 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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