Tides / Maryland / Charles County / Indian Head
Indian Head
Tide station
NOAA station Indian Head, Md. in Charles County, Maryland. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (EDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time. People also look this chart up as Bryans Road, Leesylvania, Mason Neck, Potomac Heights, and Woodbridge. NOAA adjusts this prediction from WASHINGTON.
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at Indian Head. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset is 6:28 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 ft at 12:39 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 6:40 AM, a high of 1.7 ft at 1:27 PM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 6:18 PM. The low at 6:40 AM is 40 minutes before sunrise. The low at 6:18 PM is 10 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny, 53°F, wind 20 to 23 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset is 6:27 PM. The tides are a high of 1.9 ft at 1:28 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 7:25 AM, a high of 1.7 ft at 2:19 PM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 7:12 PM. The low at 7:25 AM is 4 minutes after sunrise. The low at 7:12 PM is 45 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 55°F, wind 10 to 16 mph N.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:22 AM and sunset is 6:25 PM. The tides are a high of 1.9 ft at 2:23 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 8:15 AM, a high of 1.7 ft at 3:17 PM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 8:15 PM. The low at 8:15 AM is 53 minutes after sunrise. The low at 8:15 PM is 110 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 57°F, wind 16 to 21 mph N.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset is 6:24 PM. The tides are a high of 1.8 ft at 3:28 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 9:07 AM, a high of 1.7 ft at 4:14 PM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 9:20 PM. The low at 9:07 AM is 104 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 64°F, wind 14 to 23 mph N.
Wednesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 79% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset is 6:23 PM. The tides are a high of 1.8 ft at 4:30 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 9:57 AM, a high of 1.8 ft at 5:04 PM, and a low of 0.5 ft at 10:20 PM. The high at 5:04 PM is 79 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 64°F, wind 14 to 21 mph N.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:52 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:22 AM
- Dawn
- 6:53 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:53 AM to 7:03 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:03 AM to 7:56 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:20 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:54 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:52 PM to 6:44 PM
- Sunset
- 6:28 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:44 PM to 6:54 PM
- Dusk
- 6:54 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:25 PM
- Last light
- 7:56 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 41% lit
- Moonrise
- 2:01 PM
- Moonset
- 11:17 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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On the water nearby
The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.
Parks
- Pisgah Park5.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Smallwood State Park3.4 mi
- Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area4.6 mi
- Ben Doane Area6.6 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Marshall Hall7.4 mi · Charles County
- Goose Creek12 mi · Charles County
- Mathias Point16 mi · Charles County
- Lower Cedar Point21 mi · Charles County
- Bladensburg26 mi · Prince George's County
- Mills Point (south of)27 mi · St. Mary's County
Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
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