Love Point Tides Today
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Love Point runs a mean tidal range of about 1.1 ft. This month the highest water, 1.8 ft, comes on the evening of Nov 25, and the lowest, a -0.3 ft minus tide, on the morning of Nov 25.
| High tide | 1:54 AM | 1.5 ft |
| Low tide | 8:25 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 2:26 PM | 1.4 ft |
| Low tide | 8:36 PM | 0.3 ft |
Today on the water at Love Point
Today at Love Point: high tide at 1:54 AM (1.5 ft) and 2:26 PM (1.4 ft), low tide at 8:25 AM (0.3 ft) and 8:36 PM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for this afternoon is mostly sunny with S winds 10 mph, 71°F. Sunrise is at 6:35 AM and sunset at 5:02 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Afternoon | Mostly Sunny | S 10 mph | 71°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | S 10 to 15 mph | 63°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Love Point is
Love Point sits at 39.0317° N, 76.3017° W on the Chesapeake Bay, about 1 mi north of Stevensville, MD, in Queen Anne's County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1971 until 2000, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Annapolis (US Naval Academy) (NOAA 8575512), 10.1 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 66 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Bay Bridge Field, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 4.1 mi away.
The tide at Love Point
Love Point has a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, but of unequal size, so one low each day drains a little lower than the other. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.7 ft, and 1.2 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 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 Love Point about 11.1 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: 4.3 ft on Sep 7, 1996.
- Lowest on record: -2.7 ft on Apr 1, 1997.
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 Love Point from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.7 ft above it and mean sea level 0.8 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Baltimore, MD gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8572955, established 1971, gauge removed 2000. 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 Love Point
- Kent Island Narrows: 5.5 mi, tides about 55 min earlier
- Queenstown: 8.1 mi, tides about 30 min later
- Annapolis (US Naval Academy): 10.1 mi, tides about 66 min earlier
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 11.5 mi, tides about 92 min earlier
- Tolchester Beach: 12.9 mi, tides about 51 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Love Point this month: Nov 1, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27. These spring highs push water furthest up into the marsh grass.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Love Point this month: Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28, Nov 29. These drain the flats and leave the bars and marsh banks high and dry.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Love Point, 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 🌗 | 7:19–9:19 AM 7:44–9:44 PM | 12:47–2:47 AM 1:39–3:39 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:05–10:05 AM 8:30–10:30 PM | 1:56–3:56 AM 2:03–4:03 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:50–10:50 AM 9:15–11:15 PM | 3:03–5:03 AM 2:27–4:27 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:35–11:35 AM 10:00–12:00 AM | 4:09–6:09 AM 2:52–4:52 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:21–12:21 PM 10:46–12:46 AM | 5:14–7:14 AM 3:21–5:21 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:09–1:09 PM 11:34–1:34 AM | 6:19–8:19 AM 3:53–5:53 PM | 99 |
| Tue Nov 10 🌑 | 11:58–1:58 PM 12:23–2:23 AM | 7:21–9:21 AM 4:32–6:32 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8572955. 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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