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Bay Dey Cove (Virginia) — a spot well known among anglers. About 21 ha in area. Nearest town — Virginia Beach. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
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The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for largemouth bass at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. Larger than 8 of the 12 waters nearby.
The wind builds its wave along the north — south axis — 1 mi of open water; along north-east — south-west there is only 0.5 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.
Virginia: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black drum | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Flounder | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Red drum | fair | fair | active | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
| Sheepshead | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak |
| Striped bass | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Bluefish | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Cobia | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Spotted seatrout | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| King mackerel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Spanish mackerel | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tarpon | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Dey Cove — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 00:00–03:00.
The computed water temperature is around 56 °F — colder than the 61–79 °F comfort range for Black drum: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Black drum feeds at night: the peak falls in the dark hours, between sunset and sunrise.
Pressure is rising 0.06 inHg over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Black drum here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.2 ft | 0.2 ft | 0.5 ft | 0.6 ft | 0.7 ft | 0.6 ft | 0.2 ft | -0.2 ft | -0.6 ft | -0.8 ft | -0.8 ft | -0.5 ft | -0.1 ft | 0.4 ft | 0.8 ft | 1.0 ft | 1.1 ft | 1.0 ft | 0.6 ft | 0.1 ft | -0.4 ft | -0.8 ft | -1.0 ft | -0.9 ft |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 10.5 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 10.5 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Clear · feels like +56°
The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Dey Cove — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 00:00–03:00.