Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek Tides Today
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Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek runs a mean tidal range of about 1.2 ft. This month the highest water, 1.8 ft, comes on the afternoon of Nov 7, and the lowest, a -0.1 ft minus tide, on the morning of Nov 26.
| Low tide | 5:49 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 11:58 AM | 1.6 ft |
| Low tide | 6:12 PM | 0.4 ft |
Today on the water at Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek
Today at Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek: high tide at 11:58 AM (1.6 ft), low tide at 5:49 AM (0.4 ft) and 6:12 PM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for this afternoon is mostly sunny with S winds 9 mph, 71°F. Sunrise is at 6:33 AM and sunset at 5:03 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Afternoon | Mostly Sunny | S 9 mph | 71°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | S 8 mph | 62°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek is
Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek sits at 38.4283° N, 76.2367° W on the Chesapeake Bay, about 3 mi southeast of Taylors Island, MD, in Dorchester County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2005 until 2008, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Cambridge (NOAA 8571892), 13.7 mi away, and the tide here runs on nearly the same clock. The nearest weather station is Cove Point LNG Pier, MD, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 8.2 mi away.
The tide at Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek
Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek 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 1.6 ft, and 1.3 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.2 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 Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek 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.
- Highest water on record: 3.3 ft on Nov 17, 2006.
- Lowest on record: -1.4 ft on Jan 3, 2008.
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 Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.6 ft above it and mean sea level 0.9 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Solomons Island, MD gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8571702, established 2005, gauge removed 2008. 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 Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek
- Taylors Island, Slaughter Creek: 4.1 mi, tides about 19 min earlier
- Cambridge: 13.7 mi, tides at about the same time
- Solomons Island: 14.0 mi, tides about 115 min earlier
- McCready's Creek, Fishing Bay: 15.4 mi, tides about 135 min earlier
- Oxford: 18.6 mi, tides at about the same time
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek this month: Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 23, Nov 24. These spring highs push water furthest up into the marsh grass.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek this month: Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28. These drain the flats and leave the bars and marsh banks high and dry.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek, 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 | 1:55–3:55 AM 2:03–4:03 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:50–10:50 AM 9:15–11:15 PM | 3:02–5:02 AM 2:28–4:28 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:35–11:35 AM 10:00–12:00 AM | 4:08–6:08 AM 2:53–4:53 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:21–12:21 PM 10:46–12:46 AM | 5:13–7:13 AM 3:22–5:22 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:09–1:09 PM 11:34–1:34 AM | 6:17–8:17 AM 3:55–5:55 PM | 99 |
| Tue Nov 10 🌑 | 11:58–1:58 PM 12:23–2:23 AM | 7:19–9:19 AM 4:34–6:34 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8571702. 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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