Fort Point Tides Today
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Fort Point runs a mean tidal range of about 8.5 ft. This month the highest water, 10.9 ft, comes on the morning of Nov 26, and the lowest, a -1.4 ft minus tide, on the evening of Nov 26.
| High tide | 5:54 AM | 8.5 ft |
| Low tide | 11:52 AM | 1.0 ft |
| High tide | 6:13 PM | 9.0 ft |
Today on the water at Fort Point
Today at Fort Point: high tide at 5:54 AM (8.5 ft) and 6:13 PM (9.0 ft), low tide at 11:52 AM (1.0 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is partly sunny with S winds 0 to 5 mph, 65°F. Sunrise is at 6:18 AM and sunset at 4:34 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Mostly Cloudy | W 5 mph | 48°F |
| Tuesday | Partly Sunny | S 0 to 5 mph | 65°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Fort Point is
Fort Point sits at 43.0717° N, 70.7117° W on the Gulf of Maine, at Kittery Point, ME, in Rockingham County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1976 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 Seavey Island (NOAA 8419870), 1.6 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 10 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Coastal Marine Lab, New Castle, NH, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 0.6 mi away.
The tide at Fort Point
Fort Point 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 9.4 ft, and 8.6 ft between the average high and the average low, a large tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.4 ft and the lower low sits 0.3 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Gulf of Maine tides are semidiurnal and large, 9 ft at Boston rising past 18 ft toward the Bay of Fundy.
About this station
- High tide reaches Fort Point about 3.7 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: 12.3 ft on Jan 2, 2010.
- Lowest on record: -2.7 ft on Feb 2, 2018.
- The National Weather Service counts 12.0 ft as minor flooding here, 13.0 ft as moderate and 14.0 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 Fort Point from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 9.4 ft above it and mean sea level 4.7 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 5.0 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 Portland, ME gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8423898, established 1976, 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 Fort Point
- Dover Point: 7.0 mi, tides about 83 min later
- Gosport Harbor, Isles of Shoals: 8.1 mi, tides about 7 min earlier
- Dover, Cocheco River: 11.8 mi, tides about 94 min later
- Hampton Harbor: 13.3 mi, tides about 16 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Fort Point this month: Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28, Nov 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 Fort Point this month: Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28, Nov 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 Fort Point, 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 🌗 | 6:08–8:08 AM 6:33–8:33 PM | 11:05–1:05 AM 12:56–2:56 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 6:56–8:56 AM 7:21–9:21 PM | 12:20–2:20 AM 1:18–3:18 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 7:42–9:42 AM 8:07–10:07 PM | 1:33–3:33 AM 1:39–3:39 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:27–10:27 AM 8:52–10:52 PM | 2:43–4:43 AM 1:59–3:59 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:12–11:12 AM 9:37–11:37 PM | 3:53–5:53 AM 2:21–4:21 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 9:58–11:58 AM 10:23–12:23 AM | 5:01–7:01 AM 2:46–4:46 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 10:46–12:46 PM 11:11–1:11 AM | 6:09–8:09 AM 3:16–5:16 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8423898. 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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