Chesapeake Bay Entrance is a bay entrance between Cape Henry and Cape Charles, Virginia, linking Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean and crossed by the 17.6-mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel. The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 2.43 ft (0.74 m) at the Sewells Point, VA reference station.
- Type
- Bay entrance
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Setting
- Between Cape Henry and Cape Charles, Virginia, linking Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean and crossed by the 17.6-mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
- Tidal range
- The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 2.43 ft (0.74 m) at the Sewells Point, VA reference station.
- Notable
- A seasonal 10-knot North Atlantic right whale Seasonal Management Area applies in the entrance from November 1 to April 30 (NOAA Fisheries / 50 CFR 224.105).
