Bayou Faleau Tides Today
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Bayou Faleau runs a mean tidal range of about 0.5 ft. This month the highest water, 1.1 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 2, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the evening of Oct 30.
| High tide | 8:10 AM | 1.0 ft |
| Low tide | 9:02 PM | 0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Bayou Faleau
Today at Bayou Faleau: high tide at 8:10 AM (1.0 ft), low tide at 9:02 PM (0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is partly sunny then chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 5 to 10 mph, 81°F. Sunrise is at 7:13 AM and sunset at 6:16 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Partly Cloudy | E 5 mph | 68°F |
| Saturday | Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 5 to 10 mph | 81°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Bayou Faleau is
Bayou Faleau sits at 29.4704° N, 90.3422° W on the northern Gulf of Mexico, at Galliano, LA, in Lafourche Parish. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2024 until 2024, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Port Fourchon (NOAA 8762075), 26.1 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 53 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Galliano, South Lafourche Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 5.2 mi away.
The tide at Bayou Faleau
Bayou Faleau has a diurnal tide: usually one high and one low a day, with the daily rhythm shifting about 50 minutes later each day and fading near the moon's equatorial crossing. This month's predictions average 1.0 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 0.7 ft, a small tide. For the water around it: Northern Gulf tides are diurnal, one high and one low most days with ranges of 1 to 2 ft, so wind and river stage move the water as much as the moon.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA fixes MLLW at Bayou Faleau from the 2012-2016 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.7 ft above it and mean sea level 0.3 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Grand Isle, LA gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8762329, established 2024, gauge removed 2024. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Bayou Faleau
- Pointe Au Chien, Cut Off Canal: 7.3 mi, tides about 115 min earlier
- Golden Meadow, Plaisance Canal: 8.2 mi, tides about 45 min earlier
- Leeville, Bayou LaFourche: 17.2 mi, tides about 235 min earlier
- Texaco Dock, Hackberry Bay: 18.9 mi, tides about 270 min earlier
- Lafitte, Barataria Waterway: 19.4 mi, tides at about the same time
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Bayou Faleau this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Bayou Faleau, 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 🌖 | 4:42–6:42 AM 5:07–7:07 PM | 10:30–12:30 AM 12:00–2:00 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:42–7:42 AM 6:07–8:07 PM | — 12:47–2:47 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:38–8:38 AM 7:03–9:03 PM | 11:40–1:40 AM 1:27–3:27 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:29–9:29 AM 7:54–9:54 PM | 12:48–2:48 AM 2:02–4:02 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:17–10:17 AM 8:42–10:42 PM | 1:52–3:52 AM 2:34–4:34 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:03–11:03 AM 9:28–11:28 PM | 2:54–4:54 AM 3:04–5:04 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:48–11:48 AM 10:13–12:13 AM | 3:54–5:54 AM 3:35–5:35 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8762329. 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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