Davis Slough Tides Today
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Davis Slough runs a mean tidal range of about 0.9 ft. This month the highest water, 1.3 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 28, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 25.
| High tide | 12:29 AM | 0.9 ft |
| Low tide | 6:55 AM | 0.1 ft |
| High tide | 12:52 PM | 1.2 ft |
| Low tide | 8:06 PM | 0.1 ft |
Today on the water at Davis Slough
Today at Davis Slough: high tide at 12:29 AM (0.9 ft) and 12:52 PM (1.2 ft), low tide at 6:55 AM (0.1 ft) and 8:06 PM (0.1 ft). Sunrise is at 7:22 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM.
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Davis Slough is
Davis Slough sits at 35.7483° N, 75.5533° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, about 6 mi southeast of Wanchese, NC. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Oregon Inlet Marina (NOAA 8652587), 3.3 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 4 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Oregon Inlet Marina, NC, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 3.3 mi away.
The tide at Davis Slough
Davis Slough 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. 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
- NOAA predicts tides here from Oregon Inlet Marina, station 8652587. High tide comes about 9 min later and low tide about 1 min earlier than there.
- High tide heights run about 0.85 times the reference.
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 publishes no datums for this point. Its predictions are offsets from Oregon Inlet Marina and are referenced to MLLW there. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8652737. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Davis Slough
- Oregon Inlet Channel: 1.7 mi, tides about 26 min earlier
- Oregon Inlet Bridge: 1.9 mi, tides about 40 min earlier
- Old House Channel: 2.6 mi, tides about 22 min later
- Oregon Inlet Marina: 3.3 mi, tides about 4 min earlier
- Roanoke Sound Channel: 3.8 mi, tides about 83 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Davis Slough this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, 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 Davis Slough, 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 🌖 | 4:41–6:41 AM 5:06–7:06 PM | 10:11–12:11 AM 12:17–2:17 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:41–7:41 AM 6:06–8:06 PM | — 1:00–3:00 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:37–8:37 AM 7:02–9:02 PM | 11:25–1:25 AM 1:37–3:37 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:28–9:28 AM 7:53–9:53 PM | 12:37–2:37 AM 2:08–4:08 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:16–10:16 AM 8:41–10:41 PM | 1:46–3:46 AM 2:35–4:35 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:02–11:02 AM 9:27–11:27 PM | 2:52–4:52 AM 3:02–5:02 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:47–11:47 AM 10:12–12:12 AM | 3:57–5:57 AM 3:28–5:28 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8652737. 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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