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Chesapeake Region
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New Point Comfort / Mobjack Bay

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Conditions

Wednesday, August 5

Moderate

short chop, moderate breeze.

1.7 ft

Max waves

Morning

Light

0.9-1.0 ft

Afternoon

Moderate

1.3-1.6 ft

Evening

Moderate

1.5-1.7 ft

Best window

8 AM – 4 PM

Lowest waves and lightest wind.

Wind

8-12 kt from the S

Gusts to 15 kt

Sky

Thunderstorms

Air temp

84°F

Water temp

81°F

Jellyfish

Low

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Today, Wednesday, August 5

8a

9a

10a

11a

12p

1p

2p

3p

4p

5p

6p

7p

8p

9p

Sky

Rain

11%
11%
11%
11%
11%
11%
27%
27%
27%
21%
21%
21%
7%
9%

Thunder

Wind (kt)

8
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
11
12
11
11
10
11

Seas (ft)

0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.3
1.3
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.6

Tide

Tide Details

About normal

Rising, turns in ~3.5 hHigh 3 PM · Low 10 PM

1.7 ft MLLW · Yorktown USCG Training Center gauge, 10.6 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.

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Each stretch scored at the time you would pass it, leaving now at 18 kt.