Virginia Tide Charts

Tangier Island tides

Predicted from Tangier Island, NOAA station 8633532, right here. Heights in feet above MLLW. Also covers Tangier Sound, the crab shanties and Uppards.

Water level now

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Next tide

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Highs and lows

  1. 3:02 amLow tide0.24 ft
  2. 8:51 amHigh tide1.38 ft
  3. 3:14 pmLow tide0.24 ft
  4. 9:11 pmHigh tide1.54 ft

Sun and moon

Sunrise
7:17 am
Sunset
6:19 pm
Daylight
11 hr 2 min
Moonrise
3:55 pm
Moonset
2:19 am
Moon
Waxing gibbous 78%

Water drops to 0.24 ft at 3:14 pm, in daylight. That is when the most sand and rock is uncovered.

About Tangier Island

A deeply historic and isolated watermen community accessible only by passenger ferry, Tangier covers Tangier Sound, the iconic crab shanties, and the uninhabited northern beach known as the Uppards. Visitors step back in time here, exploring the island community, tasting world-famous soft-shell crabs, and beachcombing the isolated sand spits. A low tide is absolutely required to effectively beachcomb the Uppards; the receding water exposes a wide, hard-packed sandy path and reveals fresh deposits of sea glass and shells before the Chesapeake reclaims them.

This week

  1. Wed

    21 Oct

    1.54 ft

    9:11 pm

    0.24 ft

    3:02 am

  2. Thu

    22 Oct

    1.55 ft

    9:57 pm

    0.18 ft

    3:47 am

  3. Fri

    23 Oct

    1.62 ft

    10:23 am

    0.11 ft

    4:55 pm

  4. Sat

    24 Oct

    1.75 ft

    11:06 am

    0.04 ft

    5:41 pm

  5. Sun

    25 Oct

    1.87 ft

    11:49 am

    -0.01 ft

    6:26 pm

  6. Mon

    26 Oct

    1.97 ft

    12:34 pm

    -0.05 ft

    6:20 am

  7. Tue

    27 Oct

    2.04 ft

    1:20 pm

    -0.08 ft

    7:01 am

  8. Wed

    28 Oct

    2.06 ft

    2:10 pm

    -0.09 ft

    7:46 am

  9. Thu

    29 Oct

    2.04 ft

    3:02 pm

    -0.07 ft

    8:36 am

  10. Fri

    30 Oct

    1.98 ft

    3:58 pm

    -0.03 ft

    9:35 am

The highest water of each day, and when it arrives.

King tides in 64 days

Water reaches 2.12 ft at 11:53 am on Thursday 24 December, the highest of this run. See every king tide through 2030

Along the coast

Every Virginia location, in order along the coast. Each dot sits at its true latitude. Where places crowd together the writing is nudged clear and joined back to its dot by a line.

October 2026

Date Tides Sunrise Sunset
1Thu
High 3:36 am 1.45 ftLow 9:49 am -0.01 ftHigh 4:12 pm 1.93 ftLow 11:02 pm 0.10 ft
6:58 am6:48 pm
2Fri
High 4:32 am 1.39 ftLow 10:50 am 0.03 ftHigh 5:14 pm 1.88 ft
6:59 am6:47 pm
3Sat
Low 12:07 am 0.13 ftHigh 5:38 am 1.34 ftLow 11:59 am 0.07 ftHigh 6:23 pm 1.82 ft
7:00 am6:45 pm
4Sun
Low 1:12 am 0.14 ftHigh 6:52 am 1.34 ftLow 1:10 pm 0.08 ftHigh 7:35 pm 1.78 ft
7:01 am6:44 pm
5Mon
Low 2:15 am 0.11 ftHigh 8:07 am 1.39 ftLow 2:21 pm 0.07 ftHigh 8:42 pm 1.76 ft
7:02 am6:42 pm
6Tue
Low 3:15 am 0.07 ftHigh 9:13 am 1.49 ftLow 3:27 pm 0.04 ftHigh 9:42 pm 1.74 ft
7:02 am6:41 pm
7Wed
Low 4:08 am 0.02 ftHigh 10:10 am 1.59 ftLow 4:26 pm 0.01 ftHigh 10:35 pm 1.71 ft
7:03 am6:39 pm
8Thu
Low 4:56 am -0.01 ftHigh 11:01 am 1.68 ftLow 5:20 pm -0.02 ftHigh 11:23 pm 1.66 ft
7:04 am6:38 pm
9Fri
Low 5:39 am -0.03 ftHigh 11:47 am 1.75 ftLow 6:09 pm -0.02 ft
7:05 am6:36 pm
10Sat
High 12:07 am 1.60 ftLow 6:20 am -0.02 ftHigh 12:29 pm 1.79 ftLow 6:54 pm 0.00 ft
7:06 am6:35 pm
11Sun
High 12:47 am 1.53 ftLow 6:57 am 0.01 ftHigh 1:08 pm 1.80 ftLow 7:37 pm 0.04 ft
7:07 am6:33 pm
12Mon
High 1:24 am 1.46 ftLow 7:34 am 0.06 ftHigh 1:45 pm 1.79 ftLow 8:19 pm 0.09 ft
7:08 am6:32 pm
13Tue
High 2:00 am 1.40 ftLow 8:10 am 0.11 ftHigh 2:21 pm 1.77 ftLow 9:02 pm 0.14 ft
7:09 am6:30 pm
14Wed
High 2:36 am 1.35 ftLow 8:48 am 0.16 ftHigh 3:00 pm 1.73 ftLow 9:47 pm 0.20 ft
7:10 am6:29 pm
15Thu
High 3:15 am 1.30 ftLow 9:29 am 0.21 ftHigh 3:42 pm 1.68 ftLow 10:36 pm 0.26 ft
7:11 am6:28 pm
16Fri
High 3:59 am 1.25 ftLow 10:17 am 0.26 ftHigh 4:30 pm 1.63 ftLow 11:29 pm 0.30 ft
7:12 am6:26 pm
17Sat
High 4:50 am 1.22 ftLow 11:12 am 0.29 ftHigh 5:24 pm 1.58 ft
7:13 am6:25 pm
18Sun
Low 12:23 am 0.32 ftHigh 5:49 am 1.20 ftLow 12:13 pm 0.31 ftHigh 6:24 pm 1.54 ft
7:14 am6:23 pm
19Mon
Low 1:19 am 0.31 ftHigh 6:53 am 1.22 ftLow 1:15 pm 0.31 ftHigh 7:25 pm 1.53 ft
7:15 am6:22 pm
20Tue
Low 2:12 am 0.28 ftHigh 7:56 am 1.28 ftLow 2:16 pm 0.29 ftHigh 8:21 pm 1.53 ft
7:16 am6:21 pm
21Wed
Low 3:02 am 0.24 ftHigh 8:51 am 1.38 ftLow 3:14 pm 0.24 ftHigh 9:11 pm 1.54 ft
7:17 am6:19 pm
22Thu
Low 3:47 am 0.18 ftHigh 9:39 am 1.49 ftLow 4:06 pm 0.18 ftHigh 9:57 pm 1.55 ft
7:18 am6:18 pm
23Fri
Low 4:27 am 0.12 ftHigh 10:23 am 1.62 ftLow 4:55 pm 0.11 ftHigh 10:40 pm 1.55 ft
7:19 am6:17 pm
24Sat
Low 5:05 am 0.06 ftHigh 11:06 am 1.75 ftLow 5:41 pm 0.04 ftHigh 11:23 pm 1.55 ft
7:20 am6:16 pm
25Sun
Low 5:42 am 0.00 ftHigh 11:49 am 1.87 ftLow 6:26 pm -0.01 ft
7:21 am6:14 pm
26Mon
High 12:07 am 1.54 ftLow 6:20 am -0.05 ftHigh 12:34 pm 1.97 ftLow 7:13 pm -0.04 ft
7:22 am6:13 pm
27Tue
High 12:52 am 1.52 ftLow 7:01 am -0.08 ftHigh 1:20 pm 2.04 ftLow 8:02 pm -0.04 ft
7:23 am6:12 pm
28Wed
High 1:39 am 1.49 ftLow 7:46 am -0.09 ftHigh 2:10 pm 2.06 ftLow 8:54 pm -0.02 ft
7:24 am6:11 pm
29Thu
High 2:29 am 1.46 ftLow 8:36 am -0.07 ftHigh 3:02 pm 2.04 ftLow 9:50 pm 0.02 ft
7:25 am6:10 pm
30Fri
High 3:23 am 1.42 ftLow 9:35 am -0.03 ftHigh 3:58 pm 1.98 ftLow 10:50 pm 0.05 ft
7:26 am6:09 pm
31Sat
High 4:23 am 1.39 ftLow 10:40 am 0.03 ftHigh 5:00 pm 1.89 ftLow 11:51 pm 0.07 ft
7:27 am6:07 pm

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