Virginia Tides - Tide Charts, Tables & Tide Pools

Explore Virginia tide charts, tables, and ebb tide details for accurate coastal planning. Check tide stations below or use the interactive map in the Map tab—click any location’s map for a detailed view.

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Virginia Tidepools: False Cape State Park, First Landing State Park, Kiptopeke State Park

Virginia Tide Stations

Appomattox River: Puddledock Sand and Gravel

Bogues Bay: Wishart Point

Cape Henry Lighthouse

Chesapeake Bay: Cape Charles, Chesconessex Creek, Fishermans Island, Fleeton, Gaskins Point, Occohannock Creek, Glebe Point, Great Wicomico River, Great Wicomico River Light, Guard Shore, Harborton, Pungoteague Creek, Kiptopeke Beach, Little Creek Beach, Little Wicomico, Sunnybank, Messick Point, Back River, Mobjack Bay, North River, Belleville Creek entrance, Muddy Creek Entrance, Norfolk, West Branch Lynnhaven River, Old Plantation Light, Onancock, Rappahannock River, McKans Bay, S Thimble Island, Bridge-Tunnel, Saxis, Starling Creek, Pocomoke Sound, Tangier, Watts Island, Windmill Point Light, Wolf Trap Light

Chickahominy River: Ferry Point bridge, Wright Island Landing

Chincoteague Island: Blake Cove, Chincoteague USCG, Lewis Creek, Oyster Bay, S Chincoteague

Chincoteague Island, Toms Cove

Elizabeth River: Craney Island Light, Deep Creek entrance, Money Point, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Norfolk

Gargathy Neck

Greenbackville

Hampton Roads: Fort Monroe, Sewells Point

Harbor of Refuge

Inside, Great Machipongo Inlet

James River: Burwell Bay, Charles City, Chesterfield Power Station, Claremont, Fort Eustis, Haxall, Hopewell, City Point, Huntington Park, Jamestown Island, Church Point, Jordan Point, Kingsmill, Meadowville, Menchville, Newport News, Richmond (river locks), Scotland, Smithfield, Pagan River, Sturgeon Point

Jesters Island

Lynnhaven Bay: Buchanan Creek entrance

Lynnhaven Inlet: Broad Bay Canal, Brown Cove, Chesapeake Beach, Long Creek

Mattaponi River: Fraziers Ferry, Wakema

Metompkin Inlet: Folly Creek, Metompkin Inlet

Mobjack Bay: Browns Bay, Mobjack Bay

Nansemond River: Hollidays Point, Kings HW bridge, Pig Point, Town Point

Oyster Harbor

Pamunkey River: Lester Manor, Northbury

Piankatank River: Deltaville, Piankatank River Bridge

Potomac River: Alexandria, Aquia Creek, Colonial Beach, Dahlgren, Upper Machodoc Creek, Lewisetta, Lewisetta, Mathias Point, Mount Holly, Nomini Creek, Quantico, Ragged Point, Coles Neck

Rappahannock Light

Rappahannock River: Hopyard Landing, Massaponax, Millenbeck, Corrotoman River, Port Royal, Rappahannock Bend, Saunders Wharf, Tappahannock, Urbanna, Wake Beach, Wares Wharf, Westland

Revel Island, Revel Creek

Rudee Inlet: Inlet Jetty, Virginia Beach, Lake Rudee, Lake Wesley, Rudee Inlet

Sandbridge

USCG Station, Smith Island

USCG, Sand Shoal Inlet

Virginia Beach

Wachapreague Channel: Wachapreague

Wallops Island

Yeocomico River: Kinsale

York River: Cheatham Annex, Gloucester Point Beach, Goodwin Neck, Yorktown, Roane Point, Tue Marshes Light, West Point, Yorktown USCG

south Upshur Neck

Best Tidepool Locations in Virginia

Virginia’s coastline offers unique tidepooling opportunities. Below are some top spots known for their marine life.

Tidepool Locations

False Cape State Park - About 3.5 hours from Richmond, this park’s tidal areas along its remote shore host crabs and periwinkles at low tide.

First Landing State Park - About 3 hours from Richmond, this park’s small tide pools along its bay shore host crabs and barnacles at low tide.

Kiptopeke State Park - Located 2.5 hours from Richmond, this park’s minor tidal zones near its breakwaters feature mussels and small fish at low tide.

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