7 AM
Toms Cove Shelling
Toms Cove Hook · Family
Walk the quiet south hook at low tide for whelks, scallops and shorebirds, best in the early morning.
8 AM
Wildlife Loop Drive
Chincoteague NWR · Family
The 3.2-mile refuge loop road for wild ponies, egrets and the Assateague Lighthouse, open to cars after 3 PM and to bikes and walkers all day.
10 AM
Wild Pony Wildlife Cruise
Curtis Merritt Harbor · Family
Assateague Explorer runs naturalist boat tours into the channel for the wild ponies, eagles, dolphins and the lighthouse.
5:38 PM
sun-timed
Chincoteague Channel Sunset
Chincoteague Channel · Sunset
The fishing fleet comes in and the waterfront decks glow as the sun sets over the channel and the causeway.
Pony Swim & Pony Penning
The island's signature event on the last Wednesday of July: Saltwater Cowboys swim the wild ponies across the Assateague Channel, with a foal auction the next day. Run by the fire company since 1925.
Firemen's Carnival
The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company carnival, a July tradition since 1924, with rides, games and clam and oyster fritters, pony fries and funnel cakes.
Chincoteague Oyster Festival
A Columbus Day weekend celebration of the island's famous salt oysters, served raw, fried, steamed and roasted.
see you out there
Every week is the beach’s recurring lineup. Times shift and seasons end, so check the venue before you go. Sun-timed events track each day’s real sunset and the countdown runs on the live local clock.
At Chincoteague, the sun sets at 7:08 PM today — about 12h 22m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:46 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Chincoteague update at the top of the conditions page.