James River / Hampton Roads
Conditions
Wednesday, August 5
Light
short chop, gentle breeze.
0.8 ft
Max waves
Morning
Light
0.6 ft
Afternoon
Light
0.6-0.7 ft
Evening
Light
0.6-0.8 ft
Best window
All day
Calm conditions all day.
Wind
7-10 kt from the SSW
Gusts to 14 kt
Sky
Thunderstorms
Air temp
84°F
Water temp
81°F
Jellyfish
Low
Today, Wednesday, August 5
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Sky
Rain
Thunder
Wind (kt)
Seas (ft)
Tide
Tide Details
About normal
Rising, turns in ~6 hHigh 3 PM · Low 9 PM
0.6 ft MLLW · Sewells Point gauge, 3.8 nm away
Dashed line is the predicted tide; solid is what the gauge measured. The gap between them is the wind. Here it is about 0.5 ft, inside what this gauge counts as normal.
Route Planner
Plan your run
Compare departure times, find the roughest stretch, and choose the best destination.
Departure
Destination
Where could you run today?
Calmest run
Thimble Shoal / Hampton Roads Appr.
0.6 ft
at the run's roughest
9 nm · ~29 min
Cape Henry (S mouth)
0.6 ft
at the run's roughest
20 nm · ~66 min
York Spit / York Mouth
0.7 ft
at the run's roughest
18 nm · ~61 min
Each stretch scored at the time you would pass it, leaving now at 18 kt.