Tides / Virginia / King George County / Riverside
Riverside
Tide station
NOAA station Riverside, Md. 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. 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 Riverside. 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 6:30 PM. The tides are a low of 0.4 ft at 3:07 AM, a high of 1.3 ft at 9:29 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 2:41 PM, and a high of 1.5 ft at 9:30 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted.
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 0.4 ft at 3:49 AM, a high of 1.2 ft at 10:18 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 3:27 PM, and a high of 1.4 ft at 10:19 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 Partly Sunny, 52°F, wind 16 to 20 mph N.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset is 6:27 PM. The tides are a low of 0.4 ft at 4:34 AM, a high of 1.2 ft at 11:10 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 4:21 PM, and a high of 1.4 ft at 11:14 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, 54°F, wind 13 mph N.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset is 6:25 PM. The tides are a low of 0.4 ft at 5:24 AM, a high of 1.2 ft at 12:08 PM, and a low of 0.4 ft at 5:24 PM. The low at 5:24 AM is 117 minutes before sunrise. The low at 5:24 PM is 61 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 56°F, wind 16 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 7:22 AM and sunset is 6:24 PM. The tides are a high of 1.4 ft at 12:19 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 6:16 AM, a high of 1.3 ft at 1:05 PM, and a low of 0.4 ft at 6:29 PM. The low at 6:16 AM is 66 minutes before sunrise. The low at 6:29 PM is 5 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 62°F, wind 15 mph N.
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
- 5:51 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:21 AM
- Dawn
- 6:52 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:52 AM to 7:02 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:02 AM to 7:55 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:19 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:54 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:53 PM to 6:45 PM
- Sunset
- 6:29 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:45 PM to 6:56 PM
- Dusk
- 6:56 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:26 PM
- Last light
- 7:57 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 10 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:16 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
- Goose Bay Marina6.8 mi
- Machodoc Creek Marina6.8 mi
Beaches
- Clifton Beach6.8 mi
Parks
- Caledon State Park2.4 mi
- Maryland Point4.6 mi
- Barnesfield Park7.0 mi
- Wayside Park7.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Riverside Wildlife Management Area1.6 mi
- Chotank State Natural Area Preserve2.8 mi
- Caledon State Park2.9 mi
- Doncaster Demonstration State Forest5.4 mi
- Cedar Point Wildlife Management Area5.4 mi
- Nanjemoy Natural Resources Management Area Purse Area6.5 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Clifton Beach6.8 mi · Stafford County
- Dahlgren7.5 mi · King George County
- Liverpool Point8.5 mi · Stafford County
- Hopyard Landing11 mi · King George County
- Aquia Creek11 mi · Stafford County
- Quantico12 mi · Stafford 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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