Know the Tide

Know the tide.

District of Columbia tide charts

5 NOAA tide stations in District of Columbia.

Stations5
Reference stations1
Subordinate stations4
Biggest range3.3 ft

Popular shores in District of Columbia

All District of Columbia stations

About District of Columbia tides

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.

District of Columbia has 5 NOAA tide stations — 1 reference stations whose predictions come from harmonic analysis of observations there, and 4 subordinate stations calculated from them. The biggest tidal range in the state is at Kenilworth Aquatic Garden — 3.3 ft between mean higher high water and mean lower low water.