Park Turn Tides Today
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Park Turn runs a mean tidal range of about 1.9 ft. This month the highest water, 2.6 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 1, and the lowest, 0.3 ft, on the morning of Oct 27.
| Low tide | 5:15 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 10:51 AM | 2.1 ft |
| Low tide | 5:13 PM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 11:13 PM | 2.4 ft |
Today on the water at Park Turn
Today at Park Turn: high tide at 10:51 AM (2.1 ft) and 11:13 PM (2.4 ft), low tide at 5:15 AM (0.4 ft) and 5:13 PM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with N winds 6 mph, 64°F. Sunrise is at 7:32 AM and sunset at 6:12 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | N 6 mph | 64°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 2 mph | 41°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Park Turn is
Park Turn sits at 38.2133° N, 77.2433° W on the Chesapeake Bay, about 3 mi southwest of King George, VA, in Caroline. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2007 until 2009, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Dahlgren, Upper Machodoc Creek, Va. (NOAA 8635027), 13.4 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 202 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Fredericksburg, Shannon Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 11.8 mi away.
The tide at Park Turn
Park Turn 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 2.4 ft, and 2.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.2 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 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 Park Turn about 11.0 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 Park Turn from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.4 ft above it and mean sea level 1.3 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Windmill Point, VA gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8635257, established 2007, gauge removed 2009. 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 Park Turn
- Port Royal: 4.0 mi, tides about 28 min earlier
- Dahlgren, Upper Machodoc Creek, Va.: 13.4 mi, tides about 202 min earlier
- Saunders Wharf: 14.2 mi, tides about 124 min earlier
- Aquia Creek, Va.: 15.4 mi, tides about 13 min later
- Colonial Beach, Va.: 15.6 mi, tides about 217 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Park Turn this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28. 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 Park Turn, 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 🌖 | 4:48–6:48 AM 5:13–7:13 PM | 10:11–12:11 AM 12:31–2:31 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:48–7:48 AM 6:13–8:13 PM | — 1:13–3:13 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:44–8:44 AM 7:09–9:09 PM | 11:27–1:27 AM 1:48–3:48 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:35–9:35 AM 8:00–10:00 PM | 12:41–2:41 AM 2:17–4:17 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:23–10:23 AM 8:48–10:48 PM | 1:52–3:52 AM 2:43–4:43 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:09–11:09 AM 9:34–11:34 PM | 3:00–5:00 AM 3:07–5:07 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:54–11:54 AM 10:19–12:19 AM | 4:06–6:06 AM 3:32–5:32 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8635257. 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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