Fly Creek, Mobile Bay Tides Today
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Fly Creek, Mobile Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 1.5 ft. This month the highest water, 2.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 30, and the lowest, a -0.3 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Oct 29.
| High tide | 2:30 AM | 2.3 ft |
| Low tide | 2:36 PM | -0.3 ft |
Today on the water at Fly Creek, Mobile Bay
Today at Fly Creek, Mobile Bay: high tide at 2:30 AM (2.3 ft), low tide at 2:36 PM (-0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is mostly cloudy then slight chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 5 to 15 mph, 79°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. Sunrise is at 7:04 AM and sunset at 6:05 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Mostly Cloudy | E 5 mph | 66°F |
| Saturday | Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 5 to 15 mph | 79°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Fly Creek, Mobile Bay is
Fly Creek, Mobile Bay sits at 30.5428° N, 87.9010° W on the northern Gulf of Mexico, at Fairhope, AL, in Baldwin County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from its installation until 2021, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Dog River Bridge (NOAA 8735391), 11.2 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 17 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Sonny Callahan Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 5.8 mi away.
The tide at Fly Creek, Mobile Bay
Fly Creek, Mobile Bay has a diurnal tide: usually one high and one low a day, with the daily rhythm shifting about 50 minutes later each day and fading near the moon's equatorial crossing. This month's predictions average 1.1 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.7 ft, a small tide. 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 Fly Creek, Mobile Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.7 ft above it and mean sea level 0.9 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Mobile State Docks, AL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8733502, gauge removed 2021. 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 Fly Creek, Mobile Bay
- Point Clear, Mobile Bay: 4.4 mi, tides about 18 min later
- Meaher State Park, Mobile Bay: 8.8 mi, tides about 44 min later
- Weeks Bay: 9.8 mi, tides about 13 min earlier
- Dog River Bridge: 11.2 mi, tides about 17 min later
- Coast Guard Sector Mobile: 11.9 mi, tides about 26 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Fly Creek, Mobile Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. 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 Fly Creek, Mobile Bay this month: Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. 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 Fly Creek, Mobile Bay, 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 🌖 | 4:32–6:32 AM 4:57–6:57 PM | 10:17–12:17 AM 11:53–1:53 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:32–7:32 AM 5:57–7:57 PM | — 12:39–2:39 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:28–8:28 AM 6:53–8:53 PM | 11:28–1:28 AM 1:19–3:19 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:19–9:19 AM 7:44–9:44 PM | 12:36–2:36 AM 1:53–3:53 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:07–10:07 AM 8:32–10:32 PM | 1:41–3:41 AM 2:24–4:24 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:53–10:53 AM 9:18–11:18 PM | 2:44–4:44 AM 2:54–4:54 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:38–11:38 AM 10:03–12:03 AM | 3:44–5:44 AM 3:24–5:24 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8733502. 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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