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Atlantic Beach Tide Times

North Carolina · Station 8656590 · Updated Jul 20, 2026

Atlantic Beach runs a mean tidal range of about 3.6 ft. This month the highest water, 5.1 ft, comes on the evening of Jul 13, and the lowest, a -0.7 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Jul 14.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab (8656483), about 3 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 36 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge
Next high tide 3.7 ft at 12:16 AM
Low 0.0 ftHigh 4.0 ftLow 0.4 ftHigh 3.7 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Atlantic Beach this month: Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock — prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Atlantic Beach this month: Jul 9, Jul 10, Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16, Jul 17, Jul 18. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

July 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1🌕L:0.4H:3.0L:0.2H:4.2
2L:0.4H:3.0L:0.3H:4.1
3L:0.4H:3.1L:0.4H:4.0
4L:0.4H:3.2L:0.6H:3.9
5L:0.3H:3.4L:0.7H:3.8
6🌗L:0.3H:3.6L:0.7
7🌗H:3.7L:0.2H:3.8L:0.7
8🌗H:3.5L:0.0H:4.0L:0.6
9🌗H:3.3L:-0.1H:4.3L:0.5
10H:3.3L:-0.2H:4.5L:0.3
11H:3.3L:-0.4H:4.7L:0.1
12H:3.4L:-0.5H:5.0
13🌑L:-0.0H:3.6L:-0.6H:5.1
14🌑L:-0.2H:3.7L:-0.7H:5.1
15🌑L:-0.3H:3.8L:-0.6H:5.0
16🌑L:-0.3H:3.9L:-0.5H:4.7
17L:-0.3H:4.0L:-0.2H:4.4
18L:-0.1H:4.0L:0.1H:4.1
19L:0.0H:4.0L:0.4
20H:3.7L:0.2H:4.0L:0.7
21🌓H:3.4L:0.3H:3.9L:0.8
22🌓H:3.1L:0.4H:3.8L:0.9
23🌓H:2.8L:0.4H:3.8L:0.9
24🌓H:2.7L:0.5H:3.8L:0.9
25H:2.7L:0.5H:3.9L:0.8
26H:2.8L:0.4H:4.1
27L:0.7H:3.0L:0.3H:4.2
28🌕L:0.6H:3.1L:0.3H:4.3
29🌕L:0.5H:3.2L:0.2H:4.3
30🌕L:0.3H:3.3L:0.2H:4.3
31🌕L:0.3H:3.4L:0.2H:4.2

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Atlantic Beach — peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).

DayMajor windowsMinor windowsScore
Today 🌒5:28–7:28 PM
5:53–7:53 AM
11:47–1:47 PM
54
Tue Jul 21 🌓6:12–8:12 PM
6:37–8:37 AM
12:48–2:48 PM
11:01–1:01 AM
41
Wed Jul 22 🌓6:58–8:58 PM
7:23–9:23 AM
1:49–3:49 PM
11:29–1:29 AM
41
Thu Jul 23 🌓7:45–9:45 PM
8:10–10:10 AM
2:49–4:49 PM
12:01–2:01 AM
55
Fri Jul 24 🌓8:35–10:35 PM
9:00–11:00 AM
3:47–5:47 PM
12:38–2:38 AM
68
Sat Jul 25 🌔9:25–11:25 PM
9:50–11:50 AM
4:42–6:42 PM
1:20–3:20 AM
79
Sun Jul 26 🌔10:16–12:16 AM
10:41–12:41 PM
5:32–7:32 PM
2:08–4:08 AM
88

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8656590. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.

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