Chatham, Stage Harbor Tides Today
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Chatham, Stage Harbor runs a mean tidal range of about 3.8 ft. This month the highest water, 5.4 ft, comes on the afternoon of Nov 26, and the lowest, a -0.5 ft minus tide, on the evening of Nov 26.
| Low tide | 12:03 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 6:52 AM | 4.1 ft |
| Low tide | 12:21 PM | 0.6 ft |
| High tide | 7:10 PM | 4.5 ft |
Today on the water at Chatham, Stage Harbor
Today at Chatham, Stage Harbor: high tide at 6:52 AM (4.1 ft) and 7:10 PM (4.5 ft), low tide at 12:03 AM (0.2 ft) and 12:21 PM (0.6 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is mostly sunny with SW winds 10 mph, 60°F. Sunrise is at 6:13 AM and sunset at 4:33 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Partly Cloudy | SW 8 mph | 55°F |
| Tuesday | Mostly Sunny | SW 10 mph | 60°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Chatham, Stage Harbor is
Chatham, Stage Harbor sits at 41.6667° N, 69.9667° W on the southern New England coast, at Chatham, MA, in Barnstable County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1992 until 1992, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Chatham Harbor, Aunt Lydias Cove (NOAA 8447435), 1.7 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 19 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Chatham, Chatham Municipal Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 2.0 mi away.
The tide at Chatham, Stage Harbor
Chatham, Stage Harbor 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 4.6 ft, and 4.0 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.4 ft and the lower low sits 0.3 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Tides along Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay and the islands are semidiurnal but vary sharply over short distances, from 1 ft on Nantucket Sound to 4 ft in Narragansett Bay.
About this station
- High tide reaches Chatham, Stage Harbor about 4.5 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
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 Chatham, Stage Harbor from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 4.6 ft above it and mean sea level 2.3 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 2.7 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 Nantucket Island, MA gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8447505, established 1992, gauge removed 1992. 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 Chatham, Stage Harbor
- Saquatucket Harbor: 4.6 mi, tides about 6 min earlier
- Wychmere Harbor: 5.1 mi, tides about 6 min earlier
- Dennisport: 7.7 mi, tides about 6 min later
- South Yarmouth, Bass River: 11.2 mi, tides about 63 min later
- Sesuit Harbor, East Dennis: 11.4 mi, tides about 41 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Chatham, Stage Harbor this month: Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28, Nov 29. 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 Chatham, Stage Harbor this month: Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28, Nov 29, Nov 30. 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 Chatham, Stage Harbor, 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 🌗 | 6:05–8:05 AM 6:30–8:30 PM | 11:05–1:05 AM 12:51–2:51 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 6:53–8:53 AM 7:18–9:18 PM | 12:18–2:18 AM 1:14–3:14 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 7:39–9:39 AM 8:04–10:04 PM | 1:29–3:29 AM 1:36–3:36 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:24–10:24 AM 8:49–10:49 PM | 2:39–4:39 AM 1:58–3:58 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:09–11:09 AM 9:34–11:34 PM | 3:47–5:47 AM 2:21–4:21 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 9:55–11:55 AM 10:20–12:20 AM | 4:54–6:54 AM 2:47–4:47 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 10:43–12:43 PM 11:08–1:08 AM | 6:01–8:01 AM 3:18–5:18 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8447505. 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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