Tide station · North Carolina

Cape Lookout (ocean) tides

Times are local (America/New_York, GMT-5). Predicted tides, not live water levels. Not for navigation.

Right now

Rising

Next high 9:10 AM, 4.0 ft (1.22 m), in 4 h 47 min.

Today · Fri, Nov 13

  • Low2:32 AM0.7 ft 0.21 m
  • High9:10 AM4.0 ft 1.22 m
  • Low3:48 PM0.8 ft 0.25 m
  • High9:29 PM2.8 ft 0.85 m

Next 7 days

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Feet · orange dots are highs, black dots are lows
High and low tides for the next seven days
DayTides (local time, height)
Fri, Nov 13
  • L 2:32 AM · 0.7 ft
  • H 9:10 AM · 4.0 ft
  • L 3:48 PM · 0.8 ft
  • H 9:29 PM · 2.8 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • L 3:15 AM · 0.8 ft
  • H 9:54 AM · 3.8 ft
  • L 4:34 PM · 0.9 ft
  • H 10:16 PM · 2.7 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • L 4:02 AM · 1.0 ft
  • H 10:41 AM · 3.6 ft
  • L 5:21 PM · 1.0 ft
  • H 11:09 PM · 2.7 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • L 4:56 AM · 1.1 ft
  • H 11:31 AM · 3.5 ft
  • L 6:10 PM · 1.0 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 12:06 AM · 2.8 ft
  • L 5:57 AM · 1.1 ft
  • H 12:25 PM · 3.4 ft
  • L 6:57 PM · 0.9 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • H 1:04 AM · 3.0 ft
  • L 7:02 AM · 1.0 ft
  • H 1:18 PM · 3.3 ft
  • L 7:42 PM · 0.8 ft
Thu, Nov 19
  • H 1:59 AM · 3.3 ft
  • L 8:06 AM · 0.9 ft
  • H 2:11 PM · 3.3 ft
  • L 8:26 PM · 0.5 ft

About this station

Cape Lookout (ocean) is a NOAA subordinate station in North Carolina: its highs and lows are offsets from Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier. Heights are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).

Tide type: Mixed, mostly semidiurnal: two highs and two lows a day, one pair noticeably bigger than the other.

This week the biggest swing between high and low is 3.3 ft; the average swing is 2.3 ft.

Closest Quiver spot: Oceanana Pier, 21 km away.

Station facts

Station ID
8656937
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Subordinate station
Coordinates
34.6083, -76.5283
Datum
MLLW (mean lower low water)
Tide type
Mixed, mostly semidiurnal
Time zone
America/New_York

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Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS (tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov).

Licence: U.S. public domain (NOAA). Predictions are astronomical tides only: wind, swell and pressure move real water. Not for navigation.