Mid-Bay: Sharps to Cove
Conditions
Wednesday, August 5

2.8 ft
Max waves
Small Craft Advisory in effect
Morning
Light
0.2-0.8 ft
Afternoon
Rough
1.3-2.8 ft
Evening
Rough
1.9-2.8 ft
Best window
8 AM – 1 PM
Lowest waves and lightest wind.
Wind
3-13 kt from the SSE
Gusts to 17 kt
Sky
Thunderstorms
Air temp
82°F
Water temp
81°F
Jellyfish
High
Today, Wednesday, August 5
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Tide
Tide Details
Higher than normal · about 0.5 ft above normal
Shallow spots are deeper than usual; less clearance under a fixed pier.
Falling, turns in ~2 hHigh 8 PM · Low 2 PM
1.2 ft MLLW · Solomons Island gauge, 10.2 nm away
Dashed line is the predicted tide; solid is what the gauge measured. The gap between them is the wind.
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Departure
Destination
Favorites (sample)
Calmest run
Cove Point
1.3 ft
at the run's roughest
6 nm · ~19 min
Gooses Reef
1.3 ft
at the run's roughest
6 nm · ~20 min
Patuxent Mouth / Solomons
1.3 ft
at the run's roughest
10 nm · ~32 min
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Each stretch scored at the time you would pass it, leaving now at 18 kt.
