Check the Beach

Fossil Beach

Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States

Fossil Beach 3 photos

  • After tropical storm Hermine came by, the Potomac flowed up and covered the Fossil Beach where I walked just the night before. Almost the whole beach was under water. It was beautiful.

    After tropical storm Hermine came by, the Potomac flowed up and covered the Fossil Beach where I walked just the night before. Almost the whole beach was under water. It was beautiful.. Mrs. Gemstone from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • After tropical storm Hermine came by, the Potomac flowed up and covered the Fossil Beach where I walked just the night before. Almost the whole beach was under water. It was beautiful.

    After tropical storm Hermine came by, the Potomac flowed up and covered the Fossil Beach where I walked just the night before. Almost the whole beach was under water. It was beautiful.. Mrs. Gemstone from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • After tropical storm Hermine came by, the Potomac flowed up and covered the Fossil Beach where I walked just the night before. Almost the whole beach was under water. It was beautiful.

    After tropical storm Hermine came by, the Potomac flowed up and covered the Fossil Beach where I walked just the night before. Almost the whole beach was under water. It was beautiful.. Mrs. Gemstone from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 1 pm to 4 pm, sunset 6:18 pm
8 am
6.6
17 km/h10 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.6
17 km/h10 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
1 pm
7.0
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
2 pm
6.9
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
3 pm
7.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.0
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
5 pm
6.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.3
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
12°C53°F
Water
18°C64°F
Wind
1610 km/hmph NNW
Gusts
2012 km/hmph
Waves
—
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:18 pm
Today
6.6Good8 am1710
6.6Good9 am1710
6.5Good10 am1811
6.5Good11 am1811
6.8Good12 pm1610
7.0Great1 pm159
6.9Good2 pm1610
7.0Great3 pm1610
7.0Great4 pm1710
6.8Good5 pm1811
6.3Good6 pm2012
Sat
6.5Good8 am1711
6.4Good9 am1711
5.9Good10 am1610
5.8Good11 am1710
6.1Good12 pm1610
5.9Good1 pm149
4.4Fair2 pm149
4.9Fair3 pm138
5.6Good4 pm138
5.7Good5 pm149
6.3Good6 pm85
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. High at 1 pm, -0.2 m. Low at 8 pm, -0.4 m. High at 2 am, -0.2 mHigh 1 pm, -0.2 m<1 ftLow 8 pm, -0.4 m1 ftHigh 2 am, -0.2 m<1 ftNow9 am3 pm9 pm3 am
  • High 1 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • Low 8 pm, -0.4 m1 ft
  • High 2 am, -0.2 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun7.2 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon8.0 GreatBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue7.9 GreatBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed5.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 1%
  • Thu7.5 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 3%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
8.3 km5.1 miMontross (village)
Nearest airport
24 km15 miNaval Support Facility Dahlgren (DGN)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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