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Thomas Point Light

Weather, tides, and Navigation

Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12, Rock Creek, Maryland

Sailboat approaching a squall line

Check on weather conditions prior to departing

  • Tune in to the marine weather channel 2 on your VHF radio.
  • Watch the TV Weather Channel for local conditions.
  • Check your AM radio for static.
  • Look to sky toward the SW or W direction for advancing weather.

    Note: Marine weather forecasts and also small-craft advisories, gale, storm, and hurricane warnings, when issued, can be obtained by telephone: Baltimore, MD (410-936-1212)

    Online Weather Resources

  • The Weather Channel
  • National Weather Service
  • NOAA Safe Boating Weather Tips
  • Local Weather
  • Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
  • Baltimore Radar Image
  • Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System
  • Thomas Point Light, MD (Current Weather Observation)
  • Weather (precipitation)
  • Weather (radar image)
  • Weather (satellite image)

    Tide Resources

  • Make A Tide Prediction
  • Tide Predictions for Annapolis
  • Tide Predictions for Baltimore (Fort McHenry)
  • Tide Predictions for Baltimore Harbor Approach
  • Tide Predictions for Solomon's Island
  • Tide Predictions for Thomas Point Light
  • Tide Predictions for Washington, D.C.


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