Know the Tide

Know the tide.

Mid-Atlantic

Long Creek

Virginia · NOAA station 8638916 · Tide predictions

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

36.9033, -76.0700

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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 2.5 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 10:55 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -1.0 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 3:26 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 3.0 ft on Sat Jan 23

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sat Jan 234:12 PM-0.8 ft
Sun Jan 244:57 PM-0.8 ft
Fri Jan 223:26 PM-0.7 ft
Mon Jan 255:43 PM-0.7 ft
Sun Feb 213:47 PM-0.7 ft
Mon Feb 224:28 PM-0.7 ft
Sat Feb 203:04 PM-0.6 ft
Thu Jan 212:37 PM-0.6 ft
Tue Jan 266:29 PM-0.6 ft
Tue Feb 235:09 PM-0.6 ft

223 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 Long Creek from the CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL station: high tides about 0.68× the height, 75 min later; low tides about 1.08× the height, 75 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.

RegionMid-Atlantic
NOAA chart12254
Station since1963