Windmill Point Tides Today
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Windmill Point runs a mean tidal range of about 1.1 ft. This month the highest water, 1.8 ft, comes on the afternoon of Oct 1, and the lowest, 0.2 ft, on the morning of Oct 27.
| High tide | 3:14 AM | 1.3 ft |
| Low tide | 9:39 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 3:41 PM | 1.6 ft |
| Low tide | 10:55 PM | 0.3 ft |
Today on the water at Windmill Point
Today at Windmill Point: high tide at 3:14 AM (1.3 ft) and 3:41 PM (1.6 ft), low tide at 9:39 AM (0.3 ft) and 10:55 PM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 8 to 15 mph, 60°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. Sunrise is at 7:28 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 8 to 15 mph | 60°F |
| Tonight | Partly Cloudy | NE 5 to 8 mph | 50°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Windmill Point is
Windmill Point sits at 37.6155° N, 76.2898° W on the Chesapeake Bay, about 3 mi northeast of Deltaville, VA, in Lancaster. The station here is a live gauge in a NOAA PORTS harbor system, reporting water level in near real time for commercial traffic. It has been in NOAA's records since 1970.
The tide at Windmill Point
Windmill Point 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 1.4 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 0.1 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 Windmill Point about 3.5 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: 5.2 ft on Sep 1, 2006.
- Lowest on record: -2.0 ft on Jan 7, 2018.
- The National Weather Service counts 3.0 ft as minor flooding here, 3.5 ft as moderate and 4.0 ft as major.
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 Windmill Point from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.4 ft above it and mean sea level 0.7 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 1.2 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 Lewisetta, VA gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8636580, established 1970. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them. The observed line is the gauge's own six-minute water level feed.
Tide stations near Windmill Point
- Windmill Point Light: 3.2 mi, tides about 6 min later
- Jackson Creek, Deltaville: 5.2 mi, tides about 8 min earlier
- Mill Creek (Grey Point): 7.4 mi, tides about 36 min later
- Dixie: 10.2 mi, tides about 4 min earlier
- Millenbeck, Corrotoman River: 11.4 mi, tides about 52 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Windmill Point this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, 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 Windmill 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 🌖 | 4:44–6:44 AM 5:09–7:09 PM | 10:09–12:09 AM 12:26–2:26 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:44–7:44 AM 6:09–8:09 PM | — 1:08–3:08 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:40–8:40 AM 7:05–9:05 PM | 11:24–1:24 AM 1:43–3:43 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:31–9:31 AM 7:56–9:56 PM | 12:38–2:38 AM 2:12–4:12 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:19–10:19 AM 8:44–10:44 PM | 1:48–3:48 AM 2:39–4:39 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:05–11:05 AM 9:30–11:30 PM | 2:56–4:56 AM 3:04–5:04 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:50–11:50 AM 10:15–12:15 AM | 4:02–6:02 AM 3:29–5:29 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8636580. 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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