Mid-Atlantic
Craney Island Light
Virginia · NOAA station 8638596 · Tide predictions
36.8917, -76.3383
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48-hour outlook
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The next seven days
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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time
On the water nearby
Thimble Shoal, VA (240) buoy · 16 mi NE · Station 44087
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Nearby tide stations
- Lafayette River · 3.5 mi E
- Norfolk · 3.5 mi SE
- HAMPTON ROADS (Sewells Point) · 3.6 mi N
- Portsmouth, Naval Shipyard · 5.4 mi SE
- Pig Point · 5.6 mi W
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 3.8 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 10:54 AM
Lowest predicted low tide: -0.7 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 3:15 AM
Biggest single-day swing: 3.7 ft on Fri Oct 1
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Jan 24 | 4:46 PM | -0.6 ft |
| Sat Jan 23 | 4:01 PM | -0.6 ft |
| Mon Jan 25 | 5:32 PM | -0.5 ft |
| Fri Jan 22 | 3:15 PM | -0.5 ft |
| Sun Feb 21 | 3:36 PM | -0.5 ft |
| Mon Feb 22 | 4:18 PM | -0.5 ft |
| Tue Jan 26 | 6:19 PM | -0.4 ft |
| Sat Feb 20 | 2:52 PM | -0.4 ft |
| Tue Feb 23 | 4:59 PM | -0.4 ft |
| Thu Jan 21 | 2:25 PM | -0.4 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
NOAA builds the predictions for Craney Island Light from the HAMPTON ROADS (Sewells Point) station: high tides about 1.06× the height, 18 min later; low tides about 0.83× the height, 4 min later.
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.