Virginia
Colonial Beach tides
Tide charts & times for Colonial Beach, Virginia · read from NOAA station Colonial Beach, Va. (#8635150)
Va. · Virginia · NOAA station 8635150 · Tide predictions
38.2517, -76.9600
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48-hour outlook
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Drawn from the high/low predictions — NOAA publishes high/low only for this station.
The next seven days
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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time
On the water nearby
Gooses Reef buoy · 36 mi NE · Station 44062
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Nearby tide stations
- Dahlgren, Upper Machodoc Creek, Va. · 6.3 mi NW
- Lower Cedar Point, Md. · 6.3 mi N
- Mills Point (south of), Wicomico Riv., Md. · 8.6 mi NE
- Mathias Point, Va. · 11.3 mi NW
- Colton Point, Md. · 11.7 mi E
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 2.4 ft — Thu Sep 2 · 4:44 PM
Lowest predicted low tide: -0.7 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 9:10 AM
Biggest single-day swing: 2.2 ft on Fri Oct 1
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Sat Jan 23 | 9:10 AM | -0.7 ft |
| Sun Jan 24 | 10:04 AM | -0.6 ft |
| Fri Jan 22 | 8:15 AM | -0.6 ft |
| Mon Jan 25 | 10:58 AM | -0.6 ft |
| Thu Jan 21 | 7:17 AM | -0.5 ft |
| Tue Jan 26 | 11:52 AM | -0.5 ft |
| Sun Feb 21 | 8:59 AM | -0.5 ft |
| Wed Dec 15 | 9:32 AM | -0.5 ft |
| Thu Dec 16 | 10:25 AM | -0.4 ft |
| Mon Feb 22 | 9:50 AM | -0.4 ft |
209 minus tides (below 0 ft) are predicted here in 2027. The table shows up to the 10 lowest that fall between 7 AM and 7 PM — the ones worth planning a clam dig or tidepool walk around.
About this station
Colonial Beach, Va. is one of NOAA's reference tide stations — its predictions are computed directly from harmonic analysis of water levels observed here, and other nearby stations are calculated from it.
Barrier islands, big bays, and river tides: Chesapeake and Delaware bays carry the tide deep inland, and a nor'easter can hold water in, or blow it out, for days at a time.