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Lafayette River Tide Times

Virginia · Station 8638671 · Updated Jul 20, 2026

Lafayette River runs a mean tidal range of about 2.5 ft. This month the highest water, 3.4 ft, comes on the evening of Jul 14, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the morning of Jul 16.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: HAMPTON ROADS (Sewells Point) (8638610), about 5 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 6 min later.

Predictedno live gauge

Next low tide 0.4 ft at 9:35 PM

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder Flood tide ≥ ft Low tide ≤ ft

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Lafayette River this month: Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 17. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock — prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Lafayette River this month: Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16, Jul 17, Jul 18, Jul 19. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

July 2026

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Sat

1🌕L:0.2H:2.4L:0.3H:2.8

2L:0.2H:2.5L:0.3H:2.8

3L:0.2H:2.5L:0.3

4H:2.7L:0.2H:2.6L:0.4

5H:2.7L:0.2H:2.7L:0.4

6🌗H:2.6L:0.2H:2.8L:0.4

7🌗H:2.5L:0.2H:2.9L:0.4

8🌗H:2.4L:0.2H:3.0L:0.4

9🌗H:2.3L:0.1H:3.0

10L:0.3H:2.3L:0.1H:3.1

11L:0.2H:2.4L:0.0H:3.2

12L:0.1H:2.5L:-0.1H:3.3

13🌑L:-0.0H:2.7L:-0.2H:3.4

14🌑L:-0.1H:2.8L:-0.2H:3.4

15🌑L:-0.2H:2.9L:-0.2H:3.3

16🌑L:-0.2H:3.0L:-0.2

17H:3.2L:-0.2H:3.0L:-0.0

18H:3.0L:-0.1H:3.0L:0.1

19H:2.8L:-0.0H:3.0L:0.3

20H:2.6L:0.1H:3.0L:0.4

21🌓H:2.4L:0.3H:2.9L:0.5

22🌓H:2.3L:0.4H:2.8L:0.5

23🌓H:2.2L:0.5H:2.8

24🌓L:0.5H:2.2L:0.5H:2.7

25L:0.5H:2.2L:0.5H:2.8

26L:0.5H:2.3L:0.5H:2.8

27L:0.4H:2.4L:0.4H:2.9

28🌕L:0.4H:2.5L:0.4H:2.9

29🌕L:0.3H:2.5L:0.3H:2.9

30🌕L:0.2H:2.6L:0.3H:2.9

31🌕L:0.2H:2.7L:0.3H:2.9

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Lafayette River — 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 🌒	5:26–7:26 PM 5:51–7:51 AM	11:47–1:47 PM 10:56–12:56 AM	54
Tue Jul 21 🌓	6:10–8:10 PM 6:35–8:35 AM	12:50–2:50 PM —	41
Wed Jul 22 🌓	6:56–8:56 PM 7:21–9:21 AM	1:52–3:52 PM 11:23–1:23 AM	41
Thu Jul 23 🌓	7:44–9:44 PM 8:09–10:09 AM	2:54–4:54 PM 11:54–1:54 AM	55
Fri Jul 24 🌓	8:33–10:33 PM 8:58–10:58 AM	3:53–5:53 PM 12:29–2:29 AM	68
Sat Jul 25 🌔	9:23–11:23 PM 9:48–11:48 AM	4:48–6:48 PM 1:11–3:11 AM	79
Sun Jul 26 🌔	10:14–12:14 AM 10:39–12:39 PM	5:38–7:38 PM 1:59–3:59 AM	88

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638671. 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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