Yorktown tide times · NOAA station Yorktown USCG Training Center
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Yorktown at a glance
- Tides
- Twice a day
- Typical range
- 2.6 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 3.4 ftFri, Oct 1
- Lowest of 2027
- -0.7 ftSat, Jan 23
- Record high
- 6.9 ftNov 13, 2009
- High water after the moon
- 9 h 15 min
The tide at Yorktown
- 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 0.4 ft apart. Form number 0.22. - Typical range
- 2.6 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (0.79 m) - a smaller range than 54% of the 235 places on this site.
- After the moon
- High water comes about 9 h 15 min after the moon is highest in the sky.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Fri, Oct 1 | 10:40 am | 3.4 ft | |
| Fri, Oct 29 | 9:30 am | 3.3 ft | |
| Fri, Sep 3 | 11:55 am | 3.2 ft |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 3:26 am | -0.7 ft | in the dark |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 3:14 am | -0.6 ft | in the dark |
| Tue, Feb 9 | 4:56 pm | -0.5 ft | in daylight |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 4:12 pm | -0.7 ft | |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 3:46 pm | -0.6 ft | |
| Tue, Feb 9 | 4:56 pm | -0.5 ft |
206 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 6.9 ft (2.09 m) on Nov 13, 2009 - 4.3 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -1.9 ft (-0.58 m) on Feb 18, 2007.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 3.5 ft (1.06 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which falls on Oct 10, 2033.
Tide times nearby
- Norfolk (Sewells Point)21 mi southeast
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel26 mi southeast
- Kiptopeke (Cape Charles)27 mi east
- Windmill Point29 mi north
- Chesapeake (Money Point)32 mi south
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, 37.227°N 76.479°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8637689. 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.