Tides / Virginia / Prince George County / Puddledock
Puddledock
Tide station
NOAA station Puddledock, Appomattox River in Prince 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. People also look this chart up as Colonial Heights, Ettrick, Fort Lee, Matoaca, and Petersburg.
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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 Puddledock. 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 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:30 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 3:30 AM, a high of 2.6 ft at 8:50 AM, a low of 0.7 ft at 3:36 PM, and a high of 3.2 ft at 9:23 PM. The high at 8:50 AM is 91 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Rain, 56°F, wind 12 to 17 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 6:29 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 4:23 AM, a high of 2.6 ft at 9:54 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 4:35 PM, and a high of 3.1 ft at 10:25 PM. The low at 4:35 PM is 114 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 59°F, wind 9 to 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 6:27 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 5:17 AM, a high of 2.7 ft at 10:57 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 5:34 PM, and a high of 3.1 ft at 11:21 PM. The low at 5:34 PM is 53 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Light Rain, 61°F, wind 10 to 15 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 6:26 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 6:10 AM, a high of 2.8 ft at 11:52 AM, and a low of 0.7 ft at 6:31 PM. The low at 6:10 AM is 72 minutes before sunrise. The low at 6:31 PM is 5 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 65°F, wind 14 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 7:23 AM and sunset is 6:25 PM. The tides are a high of 3.0 ft at 12:13 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 7:00 AM, a high of 3.0 ft at 12:45 PM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 7:27 PM. The low at 7:00 AM is 23 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:27 PM is 62 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 66°F, wind 13 to 16 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 7:55 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:19 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:55 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:55 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 11 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 41% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:57 PM
- Moonset
- 11:22 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
- Cypress Point Dock6.8 mi
- Peninsula Dock6.9 mi
- Horsetrail Dock7.0 mi
- Sycamore Dock7.2 mi
- Henricus Dock7.5 mi
Parks
- Battery Dantzler Park6.5 mi
- Battery Dantzler Park6.5 mi
- Kiwanis Park7.0 mi
- Chester Park7.4 mi
- Village Green7.6 mi
- Chester Linear Park7.8 mi
Nearby tide stations
- City Point6.5 mi · Prince George County
- Chester8.1 mi · Chesterfield County
- Meadowville8.2 mi · Henrico County
- Jordan Point8.8 mi · Charles City County
- Haxall10 mi · Charles City County
- Richmond Deepwater Terminal14 mi · Richmond city
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.
No coastal flood gauge is published within 15 miles of this station.