Cape Charles Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Cape Charles Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 07:13 AM and sunset is at 04:49 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Icy conditions (max 9°C on Sun morning, min -1°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sun night, calm by Mon afternoon).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Tue night, min 3°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue morning, light winds from the E by Wed night).

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min -1°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the NNW by Sun afternoon).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Wed afternoon will be washed away by heavy rain (total 21mm) on Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Thu morning, min -5°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
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PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
8:50AM0.70m
9:11PM0.50m
9:27AM0.70m
9:49PM0.51m
10:05AM0.71m
10:30PM0.53m
10:44AM0.71m
11:13PM0.56m
11:25AM0.70m
11:58PM0.60m
12:10PM0.68m
00:48AM0.64m
12:59PM0.66m
1:41AM0.68m
1:53PM0.63m
2:39AM0.72m
2:52PM0.61m
3:39AM0.77m
3:54PM0.60m
4:40AM0.81m
4:59PM0.59m
5:41AM0.85m
6:02PM0.61m
6:39AM0.87m
Low Tide
3:34PM-0.05m
3:14AM-0.02m
4:11PM-0.05m
3:54AM-0.02m
4:49PM-0.04m
4:35AM0.01m
5:27PM-0.03m
5:20AM0.03m
6:06PM-0.01m
6:11AM0.05m
6:48PM-0.00m
7:07AM0.07m
7:33PM0.01m
8:08AM0.09m
8:23PM0.01m
9:14AM0.08m
9:17PM0.00m
10:21AM0.06m
10:15PM-0.02m
11:25AM0.02m
11:14PM-0.04m
12:25PM-0.02m
00:13AM-0.06m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
light rain
light rain
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
clear
some clouds
some clouds
light rain
rain shwrs
clear
light rain
rain shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
light rain
mod rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
 km/h
10
NNE
15
SSE
20
SSW
15
W
15
N
30
NNW
15
N
0
E
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
20
W
30
NNW
20
N
5
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
30
N
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
WSW
15
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
15
NNW
10
SSW
25
SW
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
ENE
20
ENE
 mm 
1
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
7
4
max°C
2
4
7
9
8
3
1
3
5
8
12
13
4
5
5
4
8
12
16
17
15
5
6
7
9
7
3
0
5
5
4
3
2
-4
-3
5
Moonrise
8:01
8:46
9:25
9:58
10:27
10:53
11:17
11:42
12:08
12:38
1:14
1:59
Moonset
5:10
6:10
7:13
8:18
9:22
10:26
11:31
12:38
1:48
3:02
4:19
Sunrise
7:13
7:13
7:13
7:15
7:15
7:16
7:16
7:16
7:16
7:16
7:16
7:16
Sunset
4:49
4:50
4:50
4:51
4:51
4:52
4:52
4:52
4:53
4:54
4:54
4:55
Today's sea temperature in Cape Charles is
6.2° C
(Statistics for 20 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.4 max: 13.6 min: 7.8°C)
Issued (local time): 6 am Saturday 20 Dec 2025
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