Public ramp · Northampton County · Virginia
NO GO
TODAY
Gale Warning in effect.
Buoy 44072 · 2.7 mi away
Updated 1 min ago
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Cape Charles is a public boat ramp in Northampton County, Virginia, on Cape Charles River. From here SeaStatus scores 4 waters: Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA (Area 11 of 11) and Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM (Area 1 of 3).
The main water here is Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA (Area 11 of 11). Nearshore water is scored mostly on wind and wave height, with wave steepness and the tidal current counting too. A current running against the wind is treated as worse than either one alone. Wind, and waves where it reports them, come from NDBC buoy 44072, and tide predictions come from NOAA station 8632366, Cape Charles Harbor, the closest one to here. Its conditions are read at a reference point on the water about 2.7 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 8632366 · NDBC Buoy 44072