The Virginia Beach, VA marine forecast covers live wind speed and gusts, tide predictions, wave conditions, and major and minor solunar feeding times, updated continuously from NOAA and Open-Meteo. The strongest fishing windows usually line up with the moving tide and the solunar periods shown below — check current conditions before you head out.
By Steve Wilson, lifelong angler & founder of My Marine Forecast
Last updated: Aug 2, 2026, 6:46 PM
On Sunday, August 2, Virginia Beach, VA sees high tide at 11:30 AM (2.8 ft) and 11:44 PM (2.7 ft), low tide at 5:07 AM (0.2 ft) and 5:32 PM (0.4 ft). Winds 5–14 mph from the SE gusting to 27 mph. Air temperatures 75–89°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Station 8638863
| Low tide | 5:07 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 11:30 AM | 2.8 ft |
| Low tide | 5:32 PM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 11:44 PM | 2.7 ft |
Wind
5–14 mph SE
Gusts
27 mph
Air Temp
75–89°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8638863 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Virginia Beach is the southern anchor of the Chesapeake Bay mouth, and the fishing spans from the shallow flats of the lower bay to the offshore canyons holding tuna and marlin. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel creates one of the most productive artificial reef structures on the East Coast, and it's a short run from the Virginia Beach waterfront.
The Bridge-Tunnel structure holds an extraordinary concentration of fish. Spadefish, cobia, flounder, and sheepshead stack around the concrete islands and pilings throughout the warm months. Summer cobia fishing at the Bridge-Tunnel is outstanding — fish up to 60 pounds cruise the surface and can be sight-cast on a calm day. Red drum run the outer beaches and the bay mouth in Fall.
Offshore, the Norfolk Canyon is one of the East Coast's most productive tuna grounds in October and November. Yellowfin and bluefin tuna, mahi, and white marlin are the Summer and Fall targets on the canyon edge. Closer to shore, nearshore wrecks hold black sea bass and flounder year-round.
The Chesapeake Bay mouth has complex tidal currents where the bay outflow and the ocean tide interact. Conditions can shift quickly near the Bridge-Tunnel and the inlet. Check both tide and wind before heading out, and plan your anchoring position with the current in mind.
Spring: Big red drum kick things off in late April, ganging up on the shoals near the mouth of the Chesapeake where anglers sight cast to cruising schools into June. Speckled trout feed in Lynnhaven and Rudee inlets as water passes 60 degrees, flounder trickle onto inshore structure, and black drum show at the islands of the Bay Bridge-Tunnel in May.
Summer: Cobia headline summer, sight fished from towers along the bay's channels and buoys from June through August. Spanish mackerel and bluefish run the beachfront, spadefish swarm the Chesapeake Light Tower and CBBT pilings, and flounder hold on the tunnel tubes. Offshore boats out of Rudee Inlet reach tuna, mahi and billfish at the canyons.
Fall: October and November bring the year's best speckled trout fishing in the inlets, false albacore and stripers busting bait along the oceanfront, and a second wave of trophy red drum. Tautog begin chewing on the CBBT rocks and nearshore wrecks as water drops through the 50s. Bull reds linger on the shoals into November.
Winter: Tautog carry the winter, with the CBBT structure and ocean wrecks producing through the cold months for boats that pick their weather. Big striped bass winter off the coast, though ocean-side harvest is closed, so most keep-fish effort ends when bay seasons do. Speckled trout hole up deep in the inlets and can be caught slowly on warm spells.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is the region's defining structure, 17 miles of pilings, tubes and rock islands that hold everything from flounder to tautog. Rudee Inlet gives ocean access and its own trout and puppy drum fishery. Lynnhaven Inlet feeds a maze of grass flats and docks known for speckled trout. The Virginia Beach Fishing Pier at 15th Street and Little Island Pier in Sandbridge cover pier anglers, and First Landing State Park puts surf casters on the bayfront near the CBBT's first island.