Beaufort Tides Today
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Beaufort runs a mean tidal range of about 6.8 ft. This month the highest water, 9.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 28, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 1:18 AM | 7.5 ft |
| Low tide | 7:34 AM | 0.6 ft |
| High tide | 1:58 PM | 8.6 ft |
| Low tide | 8:16 PM | 1.1 ft |
Today on the water at Beaufort
Today at Beaufort: high tide at 1:18 AM (7.5 ft) and 1:58 PM (8.6 ft), low tide at 7:34 AM (0.6 ft) and 8:16 PM (1.1 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is partly sunny with NE winds 6 to 17 mph, 75°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. In effect now: Rip Current Statement. Sunrise is at 7:38 AM and sunset at 6:34 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Partly Sunny | NE 6 to 17 mph | 75°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 10 to 16 mph | 60°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Beaufort is
Beaufort sits at 32.4300° N, 80.6750° W on the Carolina and Georgia coast on the South Atlantic Bight, at Beaufort, SC, in Beaufort County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1977 until 1997, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is City of Beaufort SC (a Hohonu community gauge), 0.2 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 11 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Beaufort, Marine Corps Air Station, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 4.7 mi away.
The tide at Beaufort
Beaufort has a semidiurnal tide: two highs and two lows a day of about the same size, roughly 12 hours 25 minutes apart. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 8.0 ft, and 7.4 ft between the average high and the average low, a large tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.4 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Lowcountry tides are semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day of near equal size, and the range grows toward Georgia, where 6 to 9 ft is normal.
About this station
- High tide reaches Beaufort about 1.6 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 11.4 ft on Sep 4, 1979.
- Lowest on record: -2.4 ft on Dec 24, 1983.
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 Beaufort from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 8.0 ft above it and mean sea level 4.3 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 4.4 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Charleston, SC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8667999, established 1977, gauge removed 1997. 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 Beaufort
- Battery Creek, 4 mi. above entrance: 1.9 mi, tides about 4 min later
- Marine Corps Air Station, Brickyard Creek: 2.6 mi, tides about 27 min later
- Air Station Beaufort, McCalleys creek: 5.0 mi, tides about 17 min later
- Parris Island, Marine Corps Recruit Depot: 5.5 mi, tides about 20 min earlier
- Sams Point, Lucy Point Creek: 5.7 mi, tides at about the same time
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Beaufort this month: Oct 1, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30. 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 Beaufort, 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 🌖 | 5:02–7:02 AM 5:27–7:27 PM | 10:42–12:42 AM 12:28–2:28 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:02–8:02 AM 6:27–8:27 PM | — 1:14–3:14 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:58–8:58 AM 7:23–9:23 PM | 11:54–1:54 AM 1:52–3:52 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:49–9:49 AM 8:14–10:14 PM | 1:03–3:03 AM 2:25–4:25 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:37–10:37 AM 9:02–11:02 PM | 2:10–4:10 AM 2:55–4:55 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:23–11:23 AM 9:48–11:48 PM | 3:14–5:14 AM 3:24–5:24 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:08–12:08 PM 10:33–12:33 AM | 4:16–6:16 AM 3:52–5:52 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8667999. 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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