Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab Tides Today
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Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab runs a mean tidal range of about 3.0 ft. This month the highest water, 4.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 27, and the lowest, a -0.0 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 12:13 AM | 3.2 ft |
| Low tide | 6:09 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 12:49 PM | 4.0 ft |
| Low tide | 7:28 PM | 0.6 ft |
Today on the water at Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab
Today at Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab: high tide at 12:13 AM (3.2 ft) and 12:49 PM (4.0 ft), low tide at 6:09 AM (0.3 ft) and 7:28 PM (0.6 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 16 mph, 68°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: Small Craft Advisory. The water at the gauge reads 68°F. Sunrise is at 7:25 AM and sunset at 6:15 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 16 mph | 68°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 14 mph | 52°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab is
Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab sits at 34.7173° N, 76.6707° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, at Beaufort, NC. The station here is a live gauge in NOAA's National Water Level Observation Network, the reference network the rest of the coast's tide predictions are tied to. It has been in NOAA's records since 1964. The nearest weather station is Beaufort, NC, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab
Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab 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 3.5 ft, and 3.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Ocean-side tides here are semidiurnal with two highs a day of 3 to 4 ft, while the sounds behind the banks are mostly wind driven with a lunar tide of a foot or less.
About this station
- High tide reaches Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab about 0.4 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: 7.2 ft on Sep 14, 2018.
- Lowest on record: -2.5 ft on Mar 8, 2004.
- The National Weather Service counts 5.0 ft as minor flooding here, 5.5 ft as moderate and 6.5 ft as major.
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, Duke Marine Lab from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 3.5 ft above it and mean sea level 1.7 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 2.1 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8656483, a National Water Level Observation Network gauge, established 1964. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them. The observed line is the gauge's own six-minute water level feed.
Tide stations near Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab
- Gallant Channel: 0.8 mi, tides about 16 min later
- Beaufort Inlet Channel Range: 1.4 mi, tides about 22 min earlier
- Morehead City: 1.4 mi, tides about 4 min earlier
- Fort Macon, USCG Station: 1.5 mi, tides about 13 min earlier
- Beaufort, Taylor Creek: 1.5 mi, tides about 19 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab this month: Oct 1, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, 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.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab this month: Oct 27, Oct 28. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab, 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 🌖 | 4:45–6:45 AM 5:10–7:10 PM | 10:19–12:19 AM 12:18–2:18 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:45–7:45 AM 6:10–8:10 PM | — 1:02–3:02 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:41–8:41 AM 7:06–9:06 PM | 11:32–1:32 AM 1:39–3:39 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:33–9:33 AM 7:58–9:58 PM | 12:43–2:43 AM 2:11–4:11 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:21–10:21 AM 8:46–10:46 PM | 1:52–3:52 AM 2:40–4:40 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:06–11:06 AM 9:31–11:31 PM | 2:57–4:57 AM 3:07–5:07 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:51–11:51 AM 10:16–12:16 AM | 4:01–6:01 AM 3:33–5:33 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8656483. 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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