Puddledock, Appomattox River Tides Today
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Puddledock, Appomattox River runs a mean tidal range of about 2.9 ft. This month the highest water, 4.1 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 27, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the morning of Oct 28.
| Low tide | 2:54 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 8:29 AM | 2.8 ft |
| Low tide | 3:03 PM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 9:01 PM | 3.5 ft |
Today on the water at Puddledock, Appomattox River
Today at Puddledock, Appomattox River: high tide at 8:29 AM (2.8 ft) and 9:01 PM (3.5 ft), low tide at 2:54 AM (0.2 ft) and 3:03 PM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with N winds 5 to 8 mph, 67°F. Sunrise is at 7:32 AM and sunset at 6:14 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | N 5 to 8 mph | 67°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 1 to 5 mph | 42°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Puddledock, Appomattox River is
Puddledock, Appomattox River sits at 37.2667° N, 77.3717° W on the Chesapeake Bay, at Colonial Heights, VA, in Prince George. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1978 until 2003, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Yorktown, USCG Training Center (NOAA 8637689), 49.2 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 325 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Petersburg, Dinwiddie County Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 9.8 mi away.
The tide at Puddledock, Appomattox River
Puddledock, Appomattox River 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 3.2 ft, and 2.8 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 0.2 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 Puddledock, Appomattox River about 8.8 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 Puddledock, Appomattox River from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 3.2 ft above it and mean sea level 1.7 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 1.8 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Scotland, VA gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638489, established 1978, gauge removed 2003. 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 Puddledock, Appomattox River
- City Point, Hopewell: 6.5 mi, tides about 44 min earlier
- Chester: 8.1 mi, tides about 40 min later
- Meadowville: 8.2 mi, tides about 27 min later
- Richmond Deepwater Terminal, James River: 13.6 mi, tides about 34 min later
- Claremont: 23.4 mi, tides about 183 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Puddledock, Appomattox River this month: Oct 1, 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 Puddledock, Appomattox 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 🌖 | 4:48–6:48 AM 5:13–7:13 PM | 10:14–12:14 AM 12:29–2:29 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:48–7:48 AM 6:13–8:13 PM | — 1:12–3:12 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:44–8:44 AM 7:09–9:09 PM | 11:30–1:30 AM 1:47–3:47 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:35–9:35 AM 8:00–10:00 PM | 12:43–2:43 AM 2:17–4:17 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:23–10:23 AM 8:48–10:48 PM | 1:53–3:53 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 3:08–5:08 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:54–11:54 AM 10:19–12:19 AM | 4:06–6:06 AM 3:34–5:34 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8638489. 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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