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Brandywine Shoal Light Tide Times

Delaware · Station 8555889 · live gauge · Updated Sep 19, 2026

Brandywine Shoal Light runs a mean tidal range of about 4.7 ft. This month the highest water, 6.1 ft, comes on the morning of Sep 29, and the lowest, 0.0 ft, on the afternoon of Sep 11.

4.3 ftobserved 1:54 AM

Next high tide 4.0 ft at 3:22 AM

PredictedObserved

Today's tides
High tide	3:22 AM	4.0 ft
Low tide	9:16 AM	1.3 ft
High tide	3:50 PM	5.0 ft
Low tide	10:24 PM	1.4 ft

Monthly tide calendar

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

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Brandywine Shoal Light this month: Sep 7, Sep 8, Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 11, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

September 2026

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Sat

1L:0.2H:5.7L:0.5

2H:5.0L:0.3H:5.7L:0.7

3🌗H:4.7L:0.5H:5.7L:0.8

4🌗H:4.4L:0.6H:5.7L:0.9

5🌗H:4.3L:0.7H:5.6L:0.9

6🌗H:4.3L:0.7H:5.7

7L:0.8H:4.5L:0.6H:5.9

8L:0.6H:4.8L:0.4H:6.0

9L:0.3H:5.2L:0.2H:6.1

10L:0.1H:5.5L:0.1H:6.0

11🌑L:0.1H:5.7L:0.0H:5.9

12🌑L:0.1H:5.8L:0.1H:5.6

13🌑L:0.2H:5.8L:0.3H:5.3

14L:0.4H:5.7L:0.5

15H:5.0L:0.6H:5.6L:0.8

16H:4.7L:0.8H:5.4L:1.0

17H:4.4L:1.1H:5.2L:1.2

18🌓H:4.2L:1.2H:5.1L:1.4

19🌓H:4.0L:1.3H:5.0L:1.4

20🌓H:4.0L:1.3H:5.1L:1.4

21🌓H:4.1L:1.2H:5.2

22L:1.2H:4.3L:1.1H:5.3

23L:1.0H:4.6L:0.8H:5.4

24L:0.8H:4.9L:0.6H:5.6

25🌕L:0.5H:5.3L:0.4H:5.6

26🌕L:0.3H:5.6L:0.3H:5.6

27🌕L:0.2H:5.9L:0.2H:5.5

28🌕L:0.1H:6.0L:0.2H:5.3

29L:0.1H:6.1L:0.3H:5.1

30L:0.2H:6.1L:0.4

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Brandywine Shoal Light, 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 🌓	6:47–8:47 PM 7:12–9:12 AM	2:17–4:17 PM —	41
Sun Sep 20 🌓	7:37–9:37 PM 8:02–10:02 AM	2:57–4:57 PM 11:21–1:21 AM	54
Mon Sep 21 🌓	8:24–10:24 PM 8:49–10:49 AM	3:31–5:31 PM 12:21–2:21 AM	67
Tue Sep 22 🌔	9:10–11:10 PM 9:35–11:35 AM	4:00–6:00 PM 1:24–3:24 AM	77
Wed Sep 23 🌔	9:54–11:54 PM 10:19–12:19 PM	4:26–6:26 PM 2:27–4:27 AM	86
Thu Sep 24 🌔	10:37–12:37 AM 11:02–1:02 PM	4:50–6:50 PM 3:31–5:31 AM	93
Fri Sep 25 🌕	— —	5:13–7:13 PM 4:35–6:35 AM	96

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8555889. 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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