Cape Lookout Bight Tide Times

North Carolina · Station 8656841 · Updated Jul 20, 2026

Cape Lookout Bight runs a mean tidal range of about 3.5 ft. This month the highest water, 5.2 ft, comes on the evening of Jul 13, and the lowest, a -0.3 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Jul 14.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab (8656483), about 10 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 41 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge

Next high tide 3.8 ft at 12:13 AM

Monthly tide calendar

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

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Cape Lookout Bight this month: Jul 10, Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16. 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 Cape Lookout Bight this month: Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16, Jul 17, Jul 18. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

July 2026

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Sat

1🌕L:0.5H:3.3L:0.5H:4.4

2L:0.5H:3.4L:0.5H:4.2

3L:0.5H:3.5L:0.6H:4.1

4L:0.5H:3.6L:0.7H:3.9

5L:0.5H:3.8L:0.7H:3.8

6🌗L:0.4H:4.0L:0.8

7🌗H:3.6L:0.4H:4.2L:0.8

8🌗H:3.5L:0.4H:4.3L:0.8

9🌗H:3.3L:0.3H:4.5L:0.7

10H:3.3L:0.1H:4.7L:0.5

11H:3.4L:-0.0H:5.0L:0.4

12H:3.5L:-0.2H:5.1

13🌑L:0.2H:3.7L:-0.2H:5.2

14🌑L:0.0H:4.0L:-0.3H:5.2

15🌑L:-0.1H:4.1L:-0.3H:5.1

16🌑L:-0.2H:4.2L:-0.2H:4.8

17L:-0.1H:4.3L:0.0H:4.5

18L:-0.0H:4.3L:0.3H:4.1

19L:0.1H:4.2L:0.6

20H:3.8L:0.3H:4.2L:0.8

21🌓H:3.5L:0.6H:4.1L:1.0

22🌓H:3.2L:0.7H:4.0L:1.1

23🌓H:3.0L:0.8H:3.9L:1.1

24🌓H:2.9L:0.8H:4.0L:1.0

25H:2.9L:0.8H:4.1L:1.0

26H:3.0L:0.7H:4.2

27L:0.9H:3.2L:0.7H:4.3

28🌕L:0.8H:3.3L:0.6H:4.4

29🌕L:0.6H:3.5L:0.5H:4.5

30🌕L:0.5H:3.7L:0.4H:4.4

31🌕L:0.4H:3.9L:0.4H:4.3

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Cape Lookout Bight — 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 🌒	5:27–7:27 PM 5:52–7:52 AM	11:46–1:46 PM —	54
Tue Jul 21 🌓	6:11–8:11 PM 6:36–8:36 AM	12:47–2:47 PM 11:01–1:01 AM	41
Wed Jul 22 🌓	6:57–8:57 PM 7:22–9:22 AM	1:48–3:48 PM 11:29–1:29 AM	41
Thu Jul 23 🌓	7:45–9:45 PM 8:10–10:10 AM	2:48–4:48 PM 12:01–2:01 AM	55
Fri Jul 24 🌓	8:34–10:34 PM 8:59–10:59 AM	3:46–5:46 PM 12:37–2:37 AM	68
Sat Jul 25 🌔	9:25–11:25 PM 9:50–11:50 AM	4:41–6:41 PM 1:20–3:20 AM	79
Sun Jul 26 🌔	10:15–12:15 AM 10:40–12:40 PM	5:31–7:31 PM 2:08–4:08 AM	88

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8656841. 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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