Core Creek Bridge Tides Today
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Core Creek Bridge runs a mean tidal range of about 2.1 ft. This month the highest water, 3.3 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 28, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 12:56 AM | 2.2 ft |
| Low tide | 6:55 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 1:30 PM | 3.0 ft |
| Low tide | 8:23 PM | 0.4 ft |
Today on the water at Core Creek Bridge
Today at Core Creek Bridge: high tide at 12:56 AM (2.2 ft) and 1:30 PM (3.0 ft), low tide at 6:55 AM (0.3 ft) and 8:23 PM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 9 to 13 mph, 67°F. Sunrise is at 7:25 AM and sunset at 6:15 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 9 to 13 mph | 67°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 6 to 10 mph | 50°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Core Creek Bridge is
Core Creek Bridge sits at 34.8250° N, 76.6900° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, about 4 mi north of Beaufort, NC, in Carteret County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1973 until 1996, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab (NOAA 8656483), 7.5 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 50 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Beaufort Smith Field, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 6.7 mi away.
The tide at Core Creek Bridge
Core Creek Bridge 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 2.5 ft, and 2.2 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.2 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. 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.
About this station
- High tide reaches Core Creek Bridge about 1.0 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 Core Creek Bridge from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.5 ft above it and mean sea level 1.1 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab, NC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8656084, established 1973, gauge removed 1996. 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 Core Creek Bridge
- North River Bridge: 5.2 mi, tides about 86 min later
- Gallant Channel: 6.8 mi, tides about 34 min earlier
- Morehead City Harbor: 7.4 mi, tides about 43 min earlier
- Morehead City: 7.4 mi, tides about 54 min earlier
- Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab: 7.5 mi, tides about 50 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Core Creek Bridge this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30. 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 Core Creek Bridge, 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 🌖 | 4:45–6:45 AM 5:10–7:10 PM | 10:19–12:19 AM 12:19–2:19 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:46–7:46 AM 6:11–8:11 PM | — 1:03–3:03 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:41–8:41 AM 7:06–9:06 PM | 11:32–1:32 AM 1:40–3:40 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:33–9:33 AM 7:58–9:58 PM | 12:43–2:43 AM 2:11–4:11 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:21–10:21 AM 8:46–10:46 PM | 1:52–3:52 AM 2:40–4:40 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:06–11:06 AM 9:31–11:31 PM | 2:57–4:57 AM 3:07–5:07 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:51–11:51 AM 10:16–12:16 AM | 4:01–6:01 AM 3:33–5:33 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8656084. 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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