Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel tide times · NOAA station CBBT, Chesapeake Channel
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel at a glance
- Tides
- Twice a day
- Typical range
- 3.0 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 3.8 ftFri, Oct 1
- Lowest of 2027
- -0.8 ftSat, Jan 23
- Record high
- 6.3 ftJan 3, 2022
- High water after the moon
- 8 h 12 min
The tide at Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
- Pattern
- Twice-daily
Two high tides and two low tides a day, about 12 h 25 min apart. The two highs are close: on average just 0.5 ft apart. Form number 0.23. - Typical range
- 3.0 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (0.92 m) - a bigger range than 50% of the 235 places on this site.
- After the moon
- High water comes about 8 h 12 min after the moon is highest in the sky.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Fri, Oct 1 | 9:43 am | 3.8 ft | |
| Fri, Oct 29 | 8:35 am | 3.6 ft | |
| Fri, Sep 3 | 10:56 am | 3.6 ft |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 2:17 am | -0.8 ft | in the dark |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 2:07 am | -0.7 ft | in the dark |
| Wed, Dec 15 | 2:37 am | -0.4 ft | in the dark |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 3:02 pm | -0.6 ft | |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 2:37 pm | -0.6 ft | |
| Mon, Jul 5 | 3:54 pm | -0.4 ft |
222 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 6.3 ft (1.94 m) on Jan 3, 2022 - 3.3 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -1.7 ft (-0.51 m) on Jan 7, 2018.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 4.0 ft (1.21 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which falls on Oct 9, 2029.
Tide times nearby
- Kiptopeke (Cape Charles)11 mi northeast
- Norfolk (Sewells Point)15 mi southwest
- Chesapeake (Money Point)21 mi southwest
- Yorktown26 mi northwest
- Windmill Point42 mi north
See the moon move the ocean - the same tide, on a globe seen from the moon.
Heights are above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero of US charts; times are local. The year’s tides are NOAA’s official predictions - wind and air pressure can move the real water a foot or more. Form number: (K1+O1)/(M2+S2) from NOAA’s harmonic constants - below 0.25 twice-daily, above 3 once-daily. Virginia, 37.033°N 76.083°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8638901. Not for navigation or safety. For a boat, a crossing of sand that floods, or a swim, use the official tables and local advice. No ads, no tracking.