Tide station · North Carolina

Orton Point tides

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

Right now

Falling

Next low 4:43 AM, 0.5 ft (0.15 m), in 20 min.

Today · Fri, Nov 13

  • Low4:43 AM0.5 ft 0.15 m
  • High11:21 AM4.6 ft 1.40 m
  • Low5:40 PM0.8 ft 0.23 m
  • High11:35 PM3.9 ft 1.20 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 4:43 AM · 0.5 ft
  • H 11:21 AM · 4.6 ft
  • L 5:40 PM · 0.8 ft
  • H 11:35 PM · 3.9 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • L 5:15 AM · 0.6 ft
  • H 12:00 PM · 4.5 ft
  • L 6:18 PM · 0.9 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • H 12:17 AM · 3.9 ft
  • L 5:50 AM · 0.6 ft
  • H 12:41 PM · 4.4 ft
  • L 6:59 PM · 0.9 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • H 1:04 AM · 3.9 ft
  • L 6:34 AM · 0.7 ft
  • H 1:28 PM · 4.3 ft
  • L 7:45 PM · 0.9 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 1:55 AM · 3.9 ft
  • L 7:32 AM · 0.8 ft
  • H 2:18 PM · 4.3 ft
  • L 8:36 PM · 0.8 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • H 2:48 AM · 4.0 ft
  • L 8:42 AM · 0.8 ft
  • H 3:08 PM · 4.3 ft
  • L 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft
Thu, Nov 19
  • H 3:40 AM · 4.2 ft
  • L 9:52 AM · 0.8 ft
  • H 3:59 PM · 4.3 ft
  • L 10:20 PM · 0.5 ft

About this station

Orton Point is a NOAA subordinate station in North Carolina: its highs and lows are offsets from Wilmington. Heights are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).

Tide type: Semidiurnal: two highs and two lows a day, close to the same size.

This week the biggest swing between high and low is 4.1 ft; the average swing is 3.4 ft.

Closest Quiver spot: Carolina Beach, 5 km away.

Station facts

Station ID
8658501
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Subordinate station
Reference station
Wilmington
Coordinates
34.0567, -77.9400
Datum
MLLW (mean lower low water)
Tide type
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.