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Birch Islands Tide Times

Maine · Station 8410875 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Birch Islands runs a mean tidal range of about 16.7 ft. This month the highest water, 19.6 ft, comes on the morning of Aug 14, and the lowest, a -1.2 ft minus tide, on the morning of Aug 14.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Eastport (8410140), about 9 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 66 min later.

Predictedno live gauge
Next high tide 17.9 ft at 5:23 PM
Low 0.4 ft · 10:46 AMHigh 17.9 ft · 4:35 PMLow 0.5 ft · 11:13 PMHigh 17.1 ft · 4:59 AM
Predicted

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Birch Islands this month: Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 13, Aug 14, Aug 15, Aug 16, Aug 31. 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 Birch Islands this month: 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:17.9L:0.0H:17.3L:0.7
2H:17.9L:0.0H:17.6L:0.5
3H:17.7L:0.1H:17.8L:0.5
4H:17.5L:0.4H:17.9L:0.5
5🌗H:17.1L:0.7H:17.9
6🌗L:0.6H:16.7L:1.0H:17.8
7🌗L:0.7H:16.2L:1.3H:17.7
8L:0.7H:16.1L:1.4H:17.8
9L:0.5H:16.2L:1.3H:18.2
10L:0.1H:16.6L:0.8H:18.7
11L:-0.4H:17.3L:0.3H:19.2
12🌑L:-0.9H:17.9L:-0.2
13🌑H:19.5L:-1.2H:18.4L:-0.5
14🌑H:19.6L:-1.2H:18.7L:-0.6
15🌑H:19.3L:-1.0H:18.7L:-0.5
16H:18.7L:-0.5H:18.4L:-0.2
17H:17.9L:0.1H:18.0L:0.3
18H:17.0L:0.8H:17.4L:0.9
19🌓H:16.1L:1.6H:16.7
20🌓L:1.4H:15.3L:2.2H:16.2
21🌓L:1.8H:14.8L:2.6H:15.8
22🌓L:2.0H:14.5L:2.8H:15.8
23L:2.0H:14.6L:2.7H:16.0
24L:1.7H:15.0L:2.3H:16.5
25L:1.3H:15.6L:1.8H:17.0
26L:0.8H:16.2L:1.3H:17.5
27🌕L:0.4H:16.8L:0.9
28🌕H:17.9L:0.0H:17.4L:0.4
29🌕H:18.2L:-0.2H:17.9L:0.1
30H:18.3L:-0.3H:18.3L:-0.1
31H:18.3L:-0.2H:18.5L:-0.2

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Birch Islands — 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 🌗4:38–6:38 AM
5:03–7:03 PM		9:45–11:45 PM
12:16–2:16 PM		34
Thu Aug 6 🌗5:34–7:34 AM
5:59–7:59 PM		10:22–12:22 AM
1:37–3:37 PM		40
Fri Aug 7 🌗6:34–8:34 AM
6:59–8:59 PM		—
2:56–4:56 PM		53
Sat Aug 8 🌘7:37–9:37 AM
8:02–10:02 PM		11:11–1:11 AM
4:07–6:07 PM		66
Sun Aug 9 🌘8:42–10:42 AM
9:07–11:07 PM		12:13–2:13 AM
5:06–7:06 PM		76
Mon Aug 10 🌘9:45–11:45 AM
10:10–12:10 AM		1:27–3:27 AM
5:51–7:51 PM		85
Tue Aug 11 🌘10:44–12:44 PM
11:09–1:09 AM		2:47–4:47 AM
6:25–8:25 PM		92

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8410875. 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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