Tide station · North Carolina

Fort Macon, Uscg Station tides

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

Right now

Rising

Next high 9:49 AM, 3.6 ft (1.09 m), in 4 h 34 min.

Today · Fri, Nov 13

  • Low3:12 AM0.7 ft 0.21 m
  • High9:49 AM3.6 ft 1.09 m
  • Low4:28 PM0.8 ft 0.25 m
  • High10:08 PM2.5 ft 0.76 m

Next 7 days

01234Fri, Nov 13Sat, Nov 14Sun, Nov 15Mon, Nov 16Tue, Nov 17Wed, Nov 18Thu, Nov 19
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 3:12 AM · 0.7 ft
  • H 9:49 AM · 3.6 ft
  • L 4:28 PM · 0.8 ft
  • H 10:08 PM · 2.5 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • L 3:55 AM · 0.8 ft
  • H 10:33 AM · 3.4 ft
  • L 5:14 PM · 0.9 ft
  • H 10:55 PM · 2.4 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • L 4:42 AM · 1.0 ft
  • H 11:20 AM · 3.3 ft
  • L 6:01 PM · 1.0 ft
  • H 11:48 PM · 2.4 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • L 5:36 AM · 1.1 ft
  • H 12:10 PM · 3.1 ft
  • L 6:50 PM · 1.0 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 12:45 AM · 2.5 ft
  • L 6:37 AM · 1.1 ft
  • H 1:04 PM · 3.0 ft
  • L 7:37 PM · 0.9 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • H 1:43 AM · 2.7 ft
  • L 7:42 AM · 1.0 ft
  • H 1:57 PM · 3.0 ft
  • L 8:22 PM · 0.8 ft
Thu, Nov 19
  • H 2:38 AM · 2.9 ft
  • L 8:46 AM · 0.9 ft
  • H 2:50 PM · 3.0 ft
  • L 9:06 PM · 0.5 ft

About this station

Fort Macon, Uscg Station 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 2.9 ft; the average swing is 2.0 ft.

Closest Quiver spot: Oceanana Pier, 4 km away.

Station facts

Station ID
8656571
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Subordinate station
Coordinates
34.6983, -76.6817
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.