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Mid-Atlantic

HAMPTON ROADS (Sewells Point)

Virginia · NOAA station 8638610 · Tide predictions

· Eastern Time · Feet / MLLW (mean lower low water)

36.9428, -76.3286

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 3.6 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 10:36 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -0.8 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 3:11 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 3.6 ft on Sat Jan 23

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sun Jan 244:42 PM-0.7 ft
Sat Jan 233:57 PM-0.7 ft
Mon Jan 255:28 PM-0.6 ft
Fri Jan 223:11 PM-0.6 ft
Sun Feb 213:32 PM-0.6 ft
Mon Feb 224:14 PM-0.6 ft
Sat Feb 202:48 PM-0.5 ft
Tue Jan 266:15 PM-0.5 ft
Tue Feb 234:55 PM-0.5 ft
Thu Jan 212:21 PM-0.5 ft

211 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

HAMPTON ROADS (Sewells Point) 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.

Diurnal range2.8 ft
Mean range2.4 ft
RegionMid-Atlantic
NOAA chart12245
Station since1927