Chesapeake Bay South PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2026-05-19 12:19 EDT
----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Money Point 2.8 ft, Rising CBBT, Chesapeake Ch.. 2.3 ft, Falling
Sewells Point 2.4 ft, Rising Yorktown USCG Center 2.3 ft, Rising
Kiptopeke Beach 2.3 ft, Falling
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts
Money Point 5 kn S 10 Cape Henry 8 kn SSW 12
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch.. 3 kn SE 4 Willoughby Degauss. 11 kn WSW 12
South Craney Island 7 kn SSW 10 Dom. Term Pier 11 10 kn SSW 11
Yorktown USCG Center 9 kn S 14 Kiptopeke Beach 4 kn SSE 6
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
Air Water Air Water
Cape Henry Waves *** °F 66 °F Thimble Shoal Waves *** °F 68 °F
Money Point 85 °F 70 °F Cape Henry 85 °F
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch.. 78 °F Willoughby Degauss. 82 °F
Sewells Point 80 °F 69 °F South Craney Island 86 °F
Dom. Term Pier 11 78 °F Yorktown USCG Center 86 °F 69 °F
Kiptopeke Beach 73 °F 68 °F
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Money Point 1022 mb Falling Cape Henry 1021 mb Falling
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch.. 1022 mb Falling Willoughby Degauss. 1022 mb Falling
Sewells Point 1022 mb Falling South Craney Island 1022 mb Falling
Dom. Term Pier 11 1022 mb Falling Yorktown USCG Center 1021 mb Falling
Kiptopeke Beach 1023 mb Falling
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
Salin. S.G. Salin. S.G.
Money Point 21.5 psu 1.015 Sewells Point 25.6 psu 1.018
Yorktown USCG Center 20.6 psu 1.015 Kiptopeke Beach 26.2 psu 1.019
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
Spd Dir Spd Dir
Newport News Shipbu.. 0.6 kn (F), 329.0°T N-port News Ch LB 14 0.8 kn (F), 283.0°T
Naval Sta Norf. LB 7 0.3 kn (E), 14.0°T Thimble Shoal LB 18 1.0 kn (F), 296.0°T
York Spit LB 22 1.0 kn (F), 346.0°T Cape Henry LB 2CH 0.9 kn (F), 316.0°T
--------------------------------------Waves-------------------------------------
SigHt PkDir PkPer SigHt PkDir PkPer
Cape Henry Waves 2.7 ft 124°T 9 s Thimble Shoal Waves 1.1 ft 114°T 4 s
*** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
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