Kayak camping, tides & launches: Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay: Coastal paddling with 320 campsites, 1047 boat launches and 246 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 336 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (186 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Open Chesapeake Bay on the mapTides at Solomons Island
320campsites
1047boat launches
246tide stations
336current stations
186 MBoffline download

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 17 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (🛶). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (137)

Permit, protocol or private (13)

Free or backcountry (35)

Fees not recorded (check locally) (122)

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

Tidal currents and slack water

Boat launches

Plus 892 unnamed launches on the map.

Marine forecast areas

Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA · Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel · Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA · Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD · Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD · Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA · Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA · Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD · Chester River to Queenstown MD · Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River · Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM · Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM · Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM · Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE · Eastern Bay · James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River · James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor · Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD · Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island · Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA · Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD · Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD · York River

Download for GPS and other map apps

318 campsites and 1016 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).

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