Sandy Point to North Beach — Marine Forecast

Annapolis waters: the Bay Bridge, Thomas Point, the Severn and South River mouths, Bloody Point and the entrance to Eastern Bay. This is the official National Weather Service zone forecast for Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD (zone ANZ532), shown in full and refreshed every time the page loads, with the advisories in effect and what the buoys are measuring right now.

Tide stations in this zone

• Annapolis (US Naval Academy)fishing
• Matapeake (Kent Island)fishing
• Thomas Point Shoal Lightfishing
• Brewer Pointfishing
• Gingerville Creek, South Riverfishing
• Edgewater, South Riverfishing
• Rhode River (County Wharf)fishing
• Galesville, West Riverfishing
• Kent Point Marinafishing
• Tilghman Island, Ferry Cove, Eastern Bayfishing
• Poplar Islandfishing
• Rose Havenfishing

Current stations in this zone

• Bay Bridge (Sandy Point)

Harbor charts in this zone

• Annapolis chart guide →
• Galesville & the West River chart guide →

Neighbouring zones — Mid Bay

• North Beach to Drum Point →
• Drum Point to Smith Point →

All zones →

Reading the forecast

• Small Craft Advisory — sustained winds of 18–33 kt and/or seas hazardous to small boats are expected; on the Bay that usually means 2–4 ft of short, steep chop. Gale Warning: 34–47 kt. Storm Warning: 48 kt and up.
• Waves are significant wave height — the average of the highest third; expect occasional waves half again as high. Bay chop is short-period (3–5 seconds between crests), so 2 ft here feels far rougher than 2 ft of ocean swell — and wind over open water builds it fast: the longer the fetch, the bigger the waves.
• Go / Caution / No-go on these pages is planning guidance computed from the NWS forecast with the thresholds printed beside it — an advisory always outranks it, and it is no substitute for the official forecast or your own judgment.
• Winds are in knots (1 kt = 1.15 mph). “Becoming” means a shift during the period; gusts are listed when they matter.
• Zone forecasts are issued by the NWS Baltimore/Washington, Wakefield or Mount Holly offices about every six hours and amended when conditions change; the issue time is shown under the text.
• Wind against the current builds the roughest water — check the current predictions for the passages you will cross.

Forecast text © NOAA National Weather Service, public domain. Buoy data: NDBC and NOAA CBIBS, relayed every 10 minutes. BayCharts adds the context and the links; it does not alter the forecast.