This link is a quick weekly over-view of the weather for the Richmond,VA area, including wind speeds, high temperatures and sky conditions.
This link will show you the current tide report for the main river channel by Deep Bottom Loop on the James River.
This link will give you a satellite view by the main river channel of Deep Bottom Loop on the James River.
This link (very slow loading) will give you a topo map of the main river channel by Deep Bottom Loop on the James River. I would highly recommend not to trust the depths on this topo map, I can tell you first hand that many of them are not correct for Deep Bottom area. In the future I'll provide my own depth map for the area and replace this link with it.
This link will show you the James River water level at Richmond, VA NOT by the Deep Bottom Loop area, so please keep that in mind when reviewing it.
This link is a mouse-over map of the Richmond to Virginia Beach area. From the chart of the left you can run your cursor over the titles and the map will change to that subject title. Quick and easy information from this page.