Chesapeake Bay South PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2026-08-26 06:11 EDT
----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Money Point 2.1 ft, Rising CBBT, Chesapeake Ch.. 2.4 ft, Rising
Sewells Point 2.0 ft, Rising Yorktown USCG Center 1.8 ft, Rising
Kiptopeke Beach 2.3 ft, Rising
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts
Money Point 1 kn NE 2 Cape Henry 2 kn SW 3
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch.. 4 kn SW 4 Willoughby Degauss. 1 kn NNE 2
South Craney Island calm Dom. Term Pier 11 2 kn S 3
Yorktown USCG Center 5 kn SSW 6 Kiptopeke Beach 3 kn SSE 4
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
Air Water Air Water
Cape Henry Waves *** °F 77 °F Thimble Shoal Waves *** °F 80 °F
Money Point 69 °F 83 °F Cape Henry 73 °F
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch.. 76 °F Willoughby Degauss. 75 °F
Sewells Point 74 °F *** °F South Craney Island 71 °F
Dom. Term Pier 11 75 °F Yorktown USCG Center 70 °F 82 °F
Kiptopeke Beach 72 °F 80 °F
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Money Point 1019 mb Rising Cape Henry 1017 mb Rising
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch.. 1018 mb Rising Willoughby Degauss. 1019 mb Rising
Sewells Point 1018 mb Rising South Craney Island 1019 mb Rising
Dom. Term Pier 11 1019 mb Rising Yorktown USCG Center 1019 mb Rising
Kiptopeke Beach 1020 mb Rising
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
Salin. S.G. Salin. S.G.
Money Point *** psu *** Sewells Point 23.4 psu 1.015
Yorktown USCG Center 21.7 psu 1.013 Kiptopeke Beach 26.5 psu 1.017
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
Spd Dir Spd Dir
Newport News Shipbu.. *** kn ( ), ***°T N-port News Ch LB 14 0.7 kn (F), 264.0°T
Naval Sta Norf. LB 7 0.2 kn (S), 102.0°T Thimble Shoal LB 18 0.2 kn (S), 169.0°T
York Spit LB 22 0.4 kn (F), 342.0°T Cape Henry LB 2CH 0.0 kn (S), 176.0°T
--------------------------------------Waves-------------------------------------
SigHt PkDir PkPer SigHt PkDir PkPer
Cape Henry Waves 1.5 ft 121°T 7 s Thimble Shoal Waves 0.7 ft 128°T 4 s
*** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
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