Chesapeake Bay South PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2026-05-18 19:55 EDT           

----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Money Point              0.9 ft, Rising  CBBT, Chesapeake Ch..    1.9 ft, Rising 
Sewells Point            1.0 ft, Rising  Yorktown USCG Center     0.8 ft, Rising 
Kiptopeke Beach          1.5 ft, Rising  
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
                          Spd Dir Gusts                            Spd Dir Gusts
Money Point              8 kn SSE    11  Cape Henry              10 kn SSW    14
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch..   14 kn   S    16  Willoughby Degauss.     14 kn   S    20
South Craney Island      6 kn   S     9  Dom. Term Pier 11       12 kn   S    14
Yorktown USCG Center     7 kn   S    10  Kiptopeke Beach         13 kn   S    15
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
                           Air   Water                              Air   Water
Cape Henry Waves        *** °F   64 °F   Thimble Shoal Waves     *** °F   68 °F
Money Point              84 °F   72 °F   Cape Henry               81 °F        
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch..    78 °F           Willoughby Degauss.      85 °F        
Sewells Point            86 °F   70 °F   South Craney Island      84 °F        
Dom. Term Pier 11        81 °F           Yorktown USCG Center     87 °F   70 °F
Kiptopeke Beach          73 °F   71 °F   
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Money Point            1021 mb Rising    Cape Henry             1020 mb Falling
CBBT, Chesapeake Ch..  1021 mb Rising    Willoughby Degauss.    1021 mb Falling
Sewells Point          1021 mb Falling   South Craney Island    1021 mb Falling
Dom. Term Pier 11      1021 mb Falling   Yorktown USCG Center   1020 mb Falling
Kiptopeke Beach        1022 mb Falling   
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
                         Salin.   S.G.                            Salin.   S.G.
Money Point            20.8 psu  1.014   Sewells Point          25.2 psu  1.018
Yorktown USCG Center   20.3 psu  1.014   Kiptopeke Beach        26.2 psu  1.019
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
                          Spd          Dir                           Spd          Dir
Newport News Shipbu..  *** kn ( ),   ***°T N-port News Ch LB 14   0.5 kn (F), 283.0°T
Naval Sta Norf. LB 7   0.8 kn (F), 188.0°T Thimble Shoal LB 18    0.6 kn (F), 276.0°T
York Spit LB 22        0.2 kn (S), 325.0°T Cape Henry LB 2CH      0.3 kn (F), 220.0°T
--------------------------------------Waves-------------------------------------
                         SigHt PkDir PkPer                          SigHt PkDir PkPer
Cape Henry Waves        3.0 ft 163°T   4 s   Thimble Shoal Waves     2.0 ft 131°T   4 s


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