Sandy Point
Tides

Tides

With the Sandy Point marina entrance needing dredging tides are extremely important to consider when launching your boat or attempting to leave the Sandy Point Marina.

Please note, these charts like any tide forecasts are only estimates. Actual tides may vary significantly due to other weather and atmospheric conditions.

Here are some useful tide charts from NOAA to help when planning for high tide situations

Here are some useful tide charts from NOAA to help with navigating the marina entrance.

Actual versus predicted tides:

This page shows the actual recorded water levels at the Cherry Point tide station.

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=9449424&units=standard&timezone=LST&datum=MLLW&interval=6&action=

July 5th 2020

April 21st 2018

Here are some photos showing the marina entrance at about a 0.0 tide.  These photos were taken on April 21st 2018.

BEWARE:  things move, the sandbar area changes from year to year, or even from storm to storm.  

Click any picture to enlarge.