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Chincoteague tide chart

Today’s high and low tides at Chincoteague, the week ahead, a printable calendar for every month, and the water temperature.

  • Chincoteague Island, USCG Station, 0.3 mi SW
  • Times in EDT
  • Feet above low water (MLLW)

Today, Saturday, October 31

  • High1.8 ft
  • Low0.2 ft
  • High2.2 ft
  • Low0.4 ft
Water64°Fno recent reading · 3°F cooler than usual
Sunrise and sunset7:26 AM – 6:03 PM
MoonWaning gibbous, 67% lit

Today’s tide curve

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft6 AMnoon6 PMHigh 12:31 AM · 1.8 ftLow 6:56 AM · 0.2 ftHigh 1:12 PM · 2.2 ftLow 8:04 PM · 0.4 ft

The next 7 days

Printable calendar
0 ft1 ft2 ftSat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6

Shaded: night. The curve is drawn between NOAA’s predicted highs and lows.

  1. Sat Oct 31

    • 12:31 AM1.8 ft
    • 6:56 AM0.2 ft
    • 1:12 PM2.2 ft
    • 8:04 PM0.4 ft
    7:26a6:03p

  2. Sun Nov 1

    • 1:32 AM1.8 ft
    • 7:02 AM0.3 ft
    • 1:15 PM2.1 ft
    • 8:01 PM0.5 ft
    6:27a5:02p

  3. Mon Nov 2

    • 1:39 AM1.8 ft
    • 8:09 AM0.4 ft
    • 2:21 PM2.0 ft
    • 8:58 PM0.5 ft
    6:28a5:01p

  4. Tue Nov 3

    • 2:47 AM1.9 ft
    • 9:16 AM0.4 ft
    • 3:25 PM1.9 ft
    • 9:54 PM0.4 ft
    6:29a5:00p

  5. Wed Nov 4

    • 3:52 AM1.9 ft
    • 10:20 AM0.4 ft
    • 4:23 PM1.9 ft
    • 10:48 PM0.4 ft
    6:30a4:59p

  6. Thu Nov 5

    • 4:51 AM2.0 ft
    • 11:21 AM0.4 ft
    • 5:16 PM1.9 ft
    • 11:38 PM0.3 ft
    6:31a4:58p

  7. Fri Nov 6

    • 5:43 AM2.1 ft
    • 12:17 PM0.3 ft
    • 6:04 PM1.8 ft
    6:32a4:57p

NOAA predictions, not observations: wind and storms can move the water a foot or more. Not for navigation.

Best low tides for a beach walk

The lowest daylight low tides this week: the most sand, tide pools and shells.

Spring and neap tides

Bigger tides follow the new and full moon; smaller ones the quarter moons.

  • Nov3
    Neap tides, 1.5 ft rangearound the last quarter of Nov 1
  • Nov9
    Spring tides, 1.9 ft rangearound the new moon of Nov 9
  • Nov18
    Neap tides, 1.2 ft rangearound the first quarter of Nov 17
  • Nov26
    Spring tides, 2.4 ft rangearound the full moon of Nov 24

Printable tide calendar

Every high and low of the month on one page, with sunrise, sunset and the moon. Prints on one sheet.

Chincoteague water temperature

The sea is 3°F cooler than usual for late October. October averages 68°F (2016–2025).

Water today and by month
About the station and these predictions

These are NOAA’s predictions for Chincoteague Island, USCG Station (NOAA 8630249), a harmonic station 0.3 mi SW of Chincoteague. A harmonic station has its own long record of water levels, from which NOAA computes the predictions.

Average range
1.6 ft between high and low tide
Highest in the next 12 months
2.5 ft on October 1, 2027 at 9:43 AM
Lowest in the next 12 months
−0.7 ft on January 23, 2027 at 2:34 AM
Tides per day
usually two highs and two lows
Other stations nearby
Chincoteague Island, Blake Cove (1.8 mi) · Chincoteague Island, Oyster Bay (1.8 mi)
Also covers
Birch Town

Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the average of each day’s lower low tide; a minus sign means below it. Predictions are not observations, and not for navigation.

Questions

Which tide station is used for Chincoteague?

NOAA’s Chincoteague Island, USCG Station (8630249), a harmonic station 0.3 mi SW of Chincoteague.

How big are the tides at Chincoteague?

The average range between high and low tide is 1.6 ft. Spring tides, after the new and full moon, run larger; neap tides, after the quarter moons, smaller.

When is the highest tide of the year at Chincoteague?

In the next 12 months the highest predicted tide is 2.5 ft on October 1, 2027, then 2.5 ft on September 30, 2027 and 2.5 ft on October 2, 2027.

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