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Norfolk Tide Chart
Norfolk — home of the world’s largest naval base — sits where the Chesapeake meets Hampton Roads on a roughly three-foot semidiurnal tide that runs the region’s fishing and shipping.
Upcoming tides in Norfolk
Live NOAA predictions for station 8638610 (Sewells Point (Norfolk)).
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Heights in feet above MLLW, station local time. See the full interactive tide map.
The pattern
Two highs and two lows daily with about three feet of range at Sewells Point — bigger than up-bay Baltimore, smaller than the oceanfront. The three rivers (Elizabeth, Nansemond, James) and the bay all answer to this station with local lags.
Stripers and flounder
The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel complex and the harbor’s structure hold striped bass through the cold months — some of the East Coast’s best winter striper fishing — while flounder and speckled trout work the flats in warmer water. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is the landmark structure fishery.
Boating a working harbor
This is a busy Navy and commercial port — small boats should mind the channels, security zones, and big-ship traffic. The tide sets the current at the bridge-tunnel crossings. For the wider Bay, see our Chesapeake Bay tide guide.