Duck Pier Tides Today
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Duck Pier runs a mean tidal range of about 3.1 ft. This month the highest water, 4.7 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 27, and the lowest, a -0.0 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 27.
| Low tide | 5:45 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 12:12 PM | 4.2 ft |
| Low tide | 6:55 PM | 0.5 ft |
Today on the water at Duck Pier
Today at Duck Pier: high tide at 12:12 PM (4.2 ft), low tide at 5:45 AM (0.4 ft) and 6:55 PM (0.5 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 15 to 22 mph, 60°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 7:23 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 15 to 22 mph | 60°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 15 mph | 57°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Duck Pier is
Duck Pier sits at 36.1833° N, 75.7467° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, at Duck, NC. The station here is a live gauge in NOAA's National Water Level Observation Network, the reference network the rest of the coast's tide predictions are tied to. It has been in NOAA's records since 1977. The nearest weather station is Duck Pier, NC, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Duck Pier
Duck Pier 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 3.7 ft, and 3.2 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 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 Duck Pier about 12.2 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 7.8 ft on Sep 18, 2003.
- Lowest on record: -2.7 ft on Mar 16, 1980.
- The National Weather Service counts 5.5 ft as minor flooding here, 6.0 ft as moderate and 6.5 ft as major.
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 Duck Pier from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 3.7 ft above it and mean sea level 1.8 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 2.2 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8651370, a National Water Level Observation Network gauge, 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. The observed line is the gauge's own six-minute water level feed.
Tide stations near Duck Pier
- Kitty Hawk (ocean): 6.0 mi, tides at about the same time
- Jennettes Pier, Nags Head (ocean): 20.8 mi, tides at about the same time
- Roanoke Sound Channel: 28.1 mi, tides about 137 min later
- Oregon Inlet Marina: 29.0 mi, tides about 50 min later
- Old House Channel: 29.5 mi, tides about 76 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Duck Pier this month: Oct 1, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, 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.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Duck Pier this month: Oct 27. 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 Duck Pier, 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 12:19–2:19 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:42–7:42 AM 6:07–8:07 PM | — 1:02–3:02 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:37–8:37 AM 7:02–9:02 PM | 11:25–1:25 AM 1:38–3:38 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:29–9:29 AM 7:54–9:54 PM | 12:38–2:38 AM 2:09–4:09 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:17–10:17 AM 8:42–10:42 PM | 1:47–3:47 AM 2:36–4:36 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:03–11:03 AM 9:28–11:28 PM | 2:53–4:53 AM 3:02–5:02 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:48–11:48 AM 10:13–12:13 AM | 3:58–5:58 AM 3:28–5:28 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8651370. 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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