Jesters Island Tides Today
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Jesters Island runs a mean tidal range of about 0.7 ft. This month the highest water, 1.3 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 27, and the lowest, 0.2 ft, on the morning of Oct 31.
| High tide | 2:09 AM | 0.9 ft |
| Low tide | 9:17 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 3:04 PM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 10:13 PM | 0.4 ft |
Today on the water at Jesters Island
Today at Jesters Island: high tide at 2:09 AM (0.9 ft) and 3:04 PM (1.1 ft), low tide at 9:17 AM (0.2 ft) and 10:13 PM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is sunny with NE winds 9 to 15 mph, 59°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. Sunrise is at 7:24 AM and sunset at 6:04 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Sunny | NE 9 to 15 mph | 59°F |
| Tonight | Partly Cloudy | NE 6 to 9 mph | 47°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Jesters Island is
Jesters Island sits at 37.9817° N, 75.3017° W on the Mid-Atlantic coast, at Chincoteague, VA, in Accomack. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1985 until 1985, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Ocean City Inlet (NOAA 8570283), 26.5 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 148 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Wallops Flight Facility Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 9.5 mi away.
The tide at Jesters Island
Jesters Island 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 0.9 ft, and 0.8 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Mid-Atlantic tides are semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day of about equal size, with ranges of 3 to 5 ft on the ocean and less inside the bays.
About this station
- High tide reaches Jesters Island about 2.4 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
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 Jesters Island from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.9 ft above it and mean sea level 0.5 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Indian River Inlet, De gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8630111, established 1985, gauge removed 1985. 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 Jesters Island
- Chincoteague Island, Blake Cove: 3.6 mi, tides about 37 min earlier
- Franklin City: 4.7 mi, tides about 9 min earlier
- Chincoteague Island, Lewis Creek: 4.9 mi, tides about 81 min earlier
- Chincoteague Island, USCG Station: 5.6 mi, tides about 114 min earlier
- Southern Chincoteague Island: 8.0 mi, tides about 149 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Jesters Island this month: Oct 1, Oct 24, 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 Jesters Island, 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 🌖 | 4:40–6:40 AM 5:05–7:05 PM | 10:03–12:03 AM 12:23–2:23 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:40–7:40 AM 6:05–8:05 PM | — 1:05–3:05 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:35–8:35 AM 7:00–9:00 PM | 11:19–1:19 AM 1:39–3:39 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:27–9:27 AM 7:52–9:52 PM | 12:33–2:33 AM 2:09–4:09 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:15–10:15 AM 8:40–10:40 PM | 1:44–3:44 AM 2:35–4:35 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:01–11:01 AM 9:26–11:26 PM | 2:52–4:52 AM 3:00–5:00 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:46–11:46 AM 10:11–12:11 AM | 3:58–5:58 AM 3:24–5:24 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8630111. 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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