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Mid-Atlantic

Tettington

James River · Virginia · NOAA station 8638450 · Tide predictions

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

37.2400, -76.9433

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 2.6 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 2:19 PM

Lowest predicted low tide: -0.4 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 7:19 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 2.5 ft on Fri Jan 22

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sat Jan 237:19 AM-0.4 ft
Sun Jan 248:14 AM-0.3 ft
Sun Feb 217:07 AM-0.3 ft
Mon Jan 259:09 AM-0.3 ft
Mon Feb 227:59 AM-0.2 ft
Tue Jan 2610:04 AM-0.2 ft
Tue Feb 238:51 AM-0.2 ft
Sat Feb 206:51 PM-0.2 ft
Thu Jan 216:28 PM-0.1 ft
Wed Dec 157:41 AM-0.1 ft

98 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

Tettington, James River 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 range2.2 ft
Mean range1.9 ft
RegionMid-Atlantic
NOAA chart12251
Station since2007