Tides / Virginia / Essex County / Saunders Wharf
Saunders Wharf
Tide station
NOAA station Saunders Wharf in Essex County, Virginia. 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. 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 Saunders Wharf. 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.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 28% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset is 6:29 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 2:50 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 8:59 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 2:24 PM, and a high of 1.7 ft at 9:00 PM. The high at 8:59 AM is 101 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny, 86°F, wind 5 to 13 mph S.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:28 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 3:32 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 9:48 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 3:10 PM, and a high of 1.6 ft at 9:49 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy, 56°F, wind 12 to 16 mph N.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:27 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 4:17 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 10:40 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 4:04 PM, and a high of 1.5 ft at 10:44 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Sunny, 57°F, wind 12 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset is 6:25 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 5:07 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 11:38 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 5:07 PM, and a high of 1.5 ft at 11:49 PM. The low at 5:07 PM is 78 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 61°F, wind 10 to 14 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 7:21 AM and sunset is 6:24 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 5:59 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 12:35 PM, and a low of 0.5 ft at 6:12 PM. The low at 5:59 AM is 82 minutes before sunrise. The low at 6:12 PM is 12 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 66°F, wind 14 mph N.
Friday, Monday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:49 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:20 AM
- Dawn
- 6:51 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:51 AM to 7:01 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:01 AM to 7:53 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:17 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:54 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:54 PM to 6:46 PM
- Sunset
- 6:30 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:46 PM to 6:56 PM
- Dusk
- 6:56 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:27 PM
- Last light
- 7:57 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 13 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:14 PM
- Moonset
- 10:20 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.
Boat ramps
- Wilmont Boat Ramp5.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge3.9 mi
- Land's End Wildlife Management Area7.6 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Port Royal10 mi · Caroline County
- Colonial Beach12 mi · King George County
- Park Turn14 mi · Caroline County
- Tappahannock15 mi · Essex County
- Hopyard Landing15 mi · King George County
- Dahlgren16 mi · King George 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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