Tides / Virginia / Mathews County / Mobjack
Mobjack
Tide station
NOAA station Mobjack, East River in Mathews 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. People also look this chart up as Mathews. NOAA adjusts this prediction from HAMPTON ROADS (Sewells Point).
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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 Mobjack. 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.
Thursday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 19% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset is 6:29 PM. The tides are a high of 2.4 ft at 12:10 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 6:20 AM, a high of 2.9 ft at 12:33 PM, and a low of 0.7 ft at 7:27 PM. The low at 6:20 AM is 53 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:27 PM is 58 minutes after sunset.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 28% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:14 AM and sunset is 6:27 PM. The tides are a high of 2.3 ft at 12:55 AM, a low of 0.7 ft at 7:04 AM, a high of 2.7 ft at 1:18 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 8:17 PM. The low at 7:04 AM is 10 minutes before sunrise. The low at 8:17 PM is 110 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny, 86°F, wind 6 to 13 mph SW.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:15 AM and sunset is 6:26 PM. The tides are a high of 2.2 ft at 1:42 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 7:55 AM, a high of 2.6 ft at 2:06 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 9:10 PM. The low at 7:55 AM is 40 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 15 to 23 mph N.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset is 6:25 PM. The tides are a high of 2.2 ft at 2:33 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 8:53 AM, a high of 2.6 ft at 2:57 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 10:04 PM. The low at 8:53 AM is 97 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 60°F, wind 16 to 21 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:17 AM and sunset is 6:23 PM. The tides are a high of 2.2 ft at 3:30 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 9:57 AM, a high of 2.5 ft at 3:55 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 10:57 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 62°F, wind 15 mph NE.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:47 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:17 AM
- Dawn
- 6:47 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:47 AM to 6:57 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:57 AM to 7:49 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:13 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:51 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:53 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
- 7:55 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 15 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 23% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:18 PM
- Moonset
- 9:25 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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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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