Coastal
Killers
Hunt · Fish · Harvest
Chesapeake Bay. Virginia barrier islands. Offshore canyons. Tools and resources for the serious waterman.
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Hunt · Fish · Harvest
Chesapeake Bay. Virginia barrier islands. Offshore canyons. Tools and resources for the serious waterman.
Explore the toolsFeatured Tool
Track thermal boundaries, find the color changes, and time your offshore trips using live satellite-derived sea surface temperature data for our region.
Live Data · Mid-Atlantic & Offshore
SST Viewer
Satellite-sourced SST maps centered on the Virginia/Maryland coast. Find the temperature breaks where the fish stack up — from the nearshore troughs to the shelf edge and beyond.
Launch App →Resources
The links that actually matter when you're planning a run offshore or a dawn patrol in the surf. Curated over years of watching windows open and close.
Wind & Waves
Windy.com
Multi-model forecasts — ECMWF, GFS, NAM. Winds, wave heights, and pressure all in one view.
Wind Specialist
Fish Weather
7-day wind-only forecast built specifically for finding those 5-knot windows when the ocean goes flat.
Buoy #44089
Wallops Buoy
Real-time conditions 5 miles off Wallops Island — wind, wave height, water temp, and swell period.
Satellite SST
NOAA CoastWatch
High-resolution SST from Rutgers / NOAA. The original source for finding thermal breaks offshore.
Tides
NOAA Tides
Tide predictions for Wachapreague, VA — gateway to the Virginia barrier island surf and inlets.
Synoptic View
Ventusky
Animated global weather patterns. Good for seeing the bigger picture before committing to a trip.
The Site
Coastal Killers started as a fishing and hunting blog out of the Eastern Shore — rockfish in the surf, flounder offshore, black drum in the shallows of Pocomoke Sound, waterfowl at first light. Years of chasing tides, wind windows, and thermal breaks from the Chesapeake to the canyons.
The blog has gone quiet, but the tools live on. The SST app above is the most useful thing on this site and it's built to stay current. Check Sea Hawk Sports for local tackle, tournaments, and bait on the Eastern Shore.