Tides / Virginia / King George County / Colonial Beach
Colonial Beach
Tide station
NOAA station Colonial Beach, Va. in King George 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.
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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 Colonial Beach. 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 7:17 AM and sunset is 6:29 PM. The tides are a low of 0.6 ft at 1:09 AM, a high of 1.7 ft at 6:59 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 1:09 PM, and a high of 1.9 ft at 7:22 PM. The high at 6:59 AM is 18 minutes before sunrise. The high at 7:22 PM is 53 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny, 81°F, wind 6 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 7:18 AM and sunset is 6:28 PM. The tides are a low of 0.6 ft at 1:56 AM, a high of 1.6 ft at 7:45 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 1:58 PM, and a high of 1.8 ft at 8:12 PM. The high at 7:45 AM is 27 minutes after sunrise. The high at 8:12 PM is 104 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 55°F, wind 22 to 25 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:26 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 2:48 AM, a high of 1.6 ft at 8:37 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 2:53 PM, and a high of 1.8 ft at 9:07 PM. The high at 8:37 AM is 78 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 58°F, wind 10 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 0.7 ft at 3:43 AM, a high of 1.6 ft at 9:35 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 3:51 PM, and a high of 1.7 ft at 10:07 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, 62°F, wind 7 mph NE.
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 6:23 PM. The tides are a low of 0.6 ft at 4:37 AM, a high of 1.6 ft at 10:36 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 4:51 PM, and a high of 1.8 ft at 11:06 PM. The low at 4:51 PM is 92 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 67°F, wind 7 mph N.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:50 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 7:54 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:18 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:53 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:53 PM to 6:45 PM
- Sunset
- 6:28 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:45 PM to 6:55 PM
- Dusk
- 6:55 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:26 PM
- Last light
- 7:56 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 11 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:15 PM
- Moonset
- 10:19 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.
Marinas
- Bayside Marina0.4 mi
- Nightingale Marina0.4 mi
- Ice House Marina0.4 mi
- Monroe Bay Marina0.7 mi
- Winkie Doodle Point Marina0.7 mi
- The Boat House Marina0.8 mi
Beaches
- The Sands7.0 mi
- Wicomico Beach7.3 mi
Parks
- Town Hill0.2 mi
- Torrey Smith Recreation Park0.4 mi
- Robin Grove Park0.8 mi
- Eleanor Park1.2 mi
- Castlewood Park1.4 mi
- Southern Park4.9 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Dahlgren6.3 mi · King George County
- Colton Point12 mi · Westmoreland County
- Saunders Wharf12 mi · Essex County
- Port Royal14 mi · Caroline County
- Riverside14 mi · King George County
- Hopyard Landing14 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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