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Back River Tide Times

Maine · Station 8416961 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Back River runs a mean tidal range of about 9.0 ft. This month the highest water, 11.2 ft, comes on the morning of Aug 13, and the lowest, a -1.1 ft minus tide, on the morning of Aug 13.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Portland (8418150), about 35 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 32 min later.

Predictedno live gauge

Next high tide 9.9 ft at 5:07 PM

Predicted

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder Flood tide ≥ ft Low tide ≤ ft

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Back River this month: Aug 9, Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 13, Aug 14, Aug 15. 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 Back River this month: Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14, Aug 15, Aug 16, Aug 29, Aug 30, Aug 31. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

August 2026

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1H:9.9L:0.0H:9.1L:0.8

2H:9.8L:0.0H:9.4L:0.6

3H:9.6L:0.1H:9.6L:0.5

4H:9.4L:0.3H:9.8L:0.4

5🌗H:9.1L:0.5H:9.9L:0.4

6🌗H:8.8L:0.7H:10.0

7🌗L:0.4H:8.5L:0.9H:10.1

8L:0.3H:8.4L:1.0H:10.2

9L:0.1H:8.5L:0.9H:10.5

10L:-0.2H:8.8L:0.6H:10.8

11L:-0.6H:9.2L:0.2H:11.1

12🌑L:-0.9H:9.6L:-0.1

13🌑H:11.2L:-1.1H:9.9L:-0.3

14🌑H:11.1L:-1.0H:10.2L:-0.4

15🌑H:10.8L:-0.8H:10.2L:-0.3

16H:10.4L:-0.4H:10.1L:-0.0

17H:9.8L:0.2H:9.9L:0.3

18H:9.1L:0.7H:9.6L:0.7

19🌓H:8.5L:1.3H:9.2L:1.1

20🌓H:8.0L:1.8H:8.9

21🌓L:1.3H:7.7L:2.1H:8.8

22🌓L:1.5H:7.6L:2.2H:8.8

23L:1.4H:7.6L:2.1H:8.9

24L:1.2H:7.8L:1.9H:9.2

25L:0.9H:8.1L:1.6H:9.5

26L:0.6H:8.5L:1.2H:9.7

27🌕L:0.3H:8.8L:0.9

28🌕H:9.9L:0.1H:9.2L:0.6

29🌕H:10.0L:-0.0H:9.5L:0.3

30H:10.0L:-0.1H:9.8L:0.0

31H:9.9L:-0.1H:10.1L:-0.1

Best fishing times (solunar)

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

Day	Major windows	Minor windows	Score
Today 🌗	4:49–6:49 AM 5:14–7:14 PM	9:59–11:59 PM 12:24–2:24 PM	34
Thu Aug 6 🌗	5:44–7:44 AM 6:09–8:09 PM	10:37–12:37 AM 1:44–3:44 PM	40
Fri Aug 7 🌗	6:44–8:44 AM 7:09–9:09 PM	— 3:02–5:02 PM	53
Sat Aug 8 🌘	7:48–9:48 AM 8:13–10:13 PM	11:26–1:26 AM 4:13–6:13 PM	66
Sun Aug 9 🌘	8:53–10:53 AM 9:18–11:18 PM	12:28–2:28 AM 5:12–7:12 PM	76
Mon Aug 10 🌘	9:55–11:55 AM 10:20–12:20 AM	1:42–3:42 AM 5:57–7:57 PM	85
Tue Aug 11 🌘	10:54–12:54 PM 11:19–1:19 AM	3:01–5:01 AM 6:33–8:33 PM	92

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8416961. 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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