East Calcasieu Lake Tides Today
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East Calcasieu Lake runs a mean tidal range of about 0.8 ft. This month the highest water, 1.6 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 3, and the lowest, a -0.0 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Oct 29.
| High tide | 2:54 AM | 1.6 ft |
| Low tide | 5:33 PM | 0.1 ft |
Today on the water at East Calcasieu Lake
Today at East Calcasieu Lake: high tide at 2:54 AM (1.6 ft), low tide at 5:33 PM (0.1 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is chance showers and thunderstorms with SE winds 10 mph, 79°F. Sunrise is at 7:25 AM and sunset at 6:27 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 mph | 71°F |
| Saturday | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | SE 10 mph | 79°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where East Calcasieu Lake is
East Calcasieu Lake sits at 29.9939° N, 93.2705° W on the northern Gulf of Mexico, about 4 mi east of Hackberry, LA. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2019 until 2020, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Calcasieu Ship Channel, Bulk Terminal (NOAA 8767961), 13.7 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 87 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Lake Charles Regional Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 9.5 mi away.
The tide at East Calcasieu Lake
East Calcasieu Lake 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 1.2 ft, and 0.9 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Northern Gulf tides are diurnal, one high and one low most days with ranges of 1 to 2 ft, so wind and river stage move the water as much as 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 East Calcasieu Lake from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.2 ft above it and mean sea level 0.7 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.9 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 Port Arthur, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8767911, established 2019, gauge removed 2020. 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 East Calcasieu Lake
- Calcasieu Ship Channel, Bulk Terminal: 13.7 mi, tides about 91 min later
- Lake Charles: 16.1 mi, tides about 104 min later
- Calcasieu Pass: 16.2 mi, tides about 187 min earlier
- Mermentau River, Grand Chenier: 21.8 mi, tides about 162 min earlier
- Catfish Point, Mermentau River: 26.8 mi, tides at about the same time
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at East Calcasieu Lake this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 16, Oct 17, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 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 East Calcasieu Lake this month: Oct 29. 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 East Calcasieu Lake, 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 🌖 | 4:54–6:54 AM 5:19–7:19 PM | 10:41–12:41 AM 12:14–2:14 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:55–7:55 AM 6:20–8:20 PM | — 1:00–3:00 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:50–8:50 AM 7:15–9:15 PM | 11:51–1:51 AM 1:40–3:40 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:41–9:41 AM 8:06–10:06 PM | 12:59–2:59 AM 2:15–4:15 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:29–10:29 AM 8:54–10:54 PM | 2:04–4:04 AM 2:46–4:46 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:15–11:15 AM 9:40–11:40 PM | 3:06–5:06 AM 3:16–5:16 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:00–12:00 PM 10:25–12:25 AM | 4:06–6:06 AM 3:46–5:46 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8767911. 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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