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Cape Charles
Boat ramp · on Cape Charles Harbor · near Cape Charles · Virginia
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Ramp lanes
- 4
- Docks
- 1
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Tidal
- Yes
- Wheelchair access
- Yes
- Managed by
- Town of Cape Charles
- Coordinates
- 37.26479, -76.01657
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Norfolk District; the one nearest this launch is of January 13, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Tide predictions at Cape Charles Harbor · NOAA, 0.2 mi away
Marine advisories
Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.
National Weather Service marine zone ANZ632, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.
Tides
Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Cape Charles Harbor station, 0.2 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.
| Mon Oct 19 | High 3:33 am 2.0 ft · Low 10:01 am 0.9 ft · High 4:05 pm 2.4 ft · Low 10:59 pm 0.9 ft |
|---|---|
| Tue Oct 20 | High 4:40 am 2.1 ft · Low 11:07 am 0.9 ft · High 5:08 pm 2.4 ft · Low 11:47 pm 0.8 ft |
| Wed Oct 21 | High 5:42 am 2.3 ft · Low 12:07 pm 0.8 ft · High 6:04 pm 2.4 ft |
| Thu Oct 22 | Low 12:31 am 0.6 ft · High 6:33 am 2.5 ft · Low 12:59 pm 0.6 ft · High 6:51 pm 2.5 ft |
| Fri Oct 23 | Low 1:12 am 0.5 ft · High 7:17 am 2.7 ft · Low 1:48 pm 0.5 ft · High 7:36 pm 2.6 ft |
| Sat Oct 24 | Low 1:54 am 0.3 ft · High 8:01 am 2.9 ft · Low 2:36 pm 0.3 ft · High 8:21 pm 2.6 ft |
| Sun Oct 25 | Low 2:37 am 0.2 ft · High 8:45 am 3.1 ft · Low 3:24 pm 0.2 ft · High 9:06 pm 2.6 ft |
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Cape Charles City Harbor
Condition survey of January 13, 2026 by the Norfolk District. Least depth in the channel (Entrance to Harbor of Refuge): 6 ft; project depth 7 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On Cape Charles Harbor
Bay in Virginia. All launches on Cape Charles Harbor.
Community
Where people who use Cape Charles Harbor talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Oyster · 5.3 mi · Oyster Harbor
- Cape Charles Carry-in Access · 10.0 mi
- Virginia Inside Passage Carry-in Access · 10.1 mi · Virginia Inside Passage
- Wise Point Boat Launch · 10.1 mi · Virginia Inside Passage
- Red Bank · 15.8 mi · Red Bank Creek
- Fox Hill · 19.3 mi · Back River
Sources
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Public Boating Access Sites record {CEC70390-2AE4-437A-AAC1-394B42BA67C1} · VDGIF/DWR layer metadata: available to public or private entities; cite as DGIF_Boating_Access_Sites. 2010. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
- OpenStreetMap w762418541 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap w762418540 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap w762418542 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Public Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.