Know the Tide

Know the tide.

Mid-Atlantic

Newport News

Virginia · NOAA station 8638379 · Tide predictions

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

36.9733, -76.4333

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48-hour outlook

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

On the water nearby

Thimble Shoal, VA (240) buoy · 17 mi E · Station 44087
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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 3.8 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 11:05 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -0.7 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 3:39 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 3.8 ft on Fri Oct 1

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sun Jan 245:10 PM-0.6 ft
Sat Jan 234:25 PM-0.6 ft
Mon Jan 255:56 PM-0.5 ft
Fri Jan 223:39 PM-0.5 ft
Sun Feb 214:00 PM-0.5 ft
Mon Feb 224:42 PM-0.5 ft
Tue Jan 266:43 PM-0.4 ft
Sat Feb 203:16 PM-0.4 ft
Tue Feb 235:23 PM-0.4 ft
Thu Jan 212:49 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 Newport News from the HAMPTON ROADS (Sewells Point) station: high tides about 1.08× the height, 29 min later; low tides about 0.83× the height, 28 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.

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