Cedar Island Tides Today
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Cedar Island runs a mean tidal range of about 0.1 ft. This month the highest water, 0.4 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 4, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the morning of Oct 26.
| Low tide | 9:36 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 7:30 PM | 0.3 ft |
Today on the water at Cedar Island
Today at Cedar Island: high tide at 7:30 PM (0.3 ft), low tide at 9:36 AM (0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 18 to 23 mph, 63°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. Sunrise is at 7:24 AM and sunset at 6:13 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 18 to 23 mph | 63°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 20 mph | 59°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Cedar Island is
Cedar Island sits at 35.0189° N, 76.3143° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, about 9 mi north of Atlantic, NC. The station here is a NOAA reference station with its own harmonic tide predictions but no live gauge. It has been in NOAA's records since 1977. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab (NOAA 8656483), 29.0 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 122 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Piney Island, Bt-11 Bombing Range, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 8.4 mi away.
The tide at Cedar Island
Cedar Island has a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, but of unequal size, so one low each day drains a little lower than the other. This month's predictions average 1.6 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 0.4 ft, a small tide. 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.
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 Cedar Island from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.4 ft above it and mean sea level 0.2 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.3 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 USCG Station Hatteras, NC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8655151, established 1977. 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 Cedar Island
- Davis, Core Sound: 17.3 mi, tides about 47 min earlier
- Ocracoke, Pamlico Sound: 19.7 mi, tides about 168 min earlier
- Oriental, Neuse River: 21.4 mi, tides about 120 min later
- North River Bridge: 22.9 mi, tides about 80 min earlier
- Core Creek Bridge: 25.1 mi, tides about 160 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Cedar Island this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12. 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 Cedar Island, 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 🌖 | 4:44–6:44 AM 5:09–7:09 PM | 10:16–12:16 AM 12:18–2:18 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:44–7:44 AM 6:09–8:09 PM | — 1:02–3:02 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:40–8:40 AM 7:05–9:05 PM | 11:30–1:30 AM 1:38–3:38 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:31–9:31 AM 7:56–9:56 PM | 12:42–2:42 AM 2:10–4:10 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:19–10:19 AM 8:44–10:44 PM | 1:50–3:50 AM 2:38–4:38 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:05–11:05 AM 9:30–11:30 PM | 2:56–4:56 AM 3:05–5:05 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:50–11:50 AM 10:15–12:15 AM | 4:00–6:00 AM 3:32–5:32 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8655151. 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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