Public ramp · Suffolk city · Virginia
Reading conditions now
The last reading here is 14 days old — past what we'll stand behind, so we're going back to the source.
Pulling NDBC buoy 44072 · NOAA tide station 8638610
Water you can reach from this ramp
Best first. 5 waters, scored separately.
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Butler Tract Lake is a public boat ramp in Suffolk city, Virginia, on Butler Tract Lake. From here SeaStatus scores 5 waters: Campbell Creek, Cedar Creek, James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge, Chuckatuck Creek and James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River.
The main water here is Chuckatuck Creek. Rivers are scored mostly on wind and current. Wave height is not part of the score, because a river has no real sea state; visibility and comfort make up the rest. Wind, and waves where it reports them, come from NDBC buoy 44072, and tide predictions come from NOAA station 8638409, Hollidays Point (Kings Highway bridge), the closest one to here. Its conditions are read at a reference point on the water about 2.4 mi from this ramp.
Scores are decision support, not a substitute for your own judgment or the official NWS forecast. Read the limits.
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Sources · NOAA Tide Station 8638409 · NDBC Buoy 44072