Fortescue Creek Tides Today
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Fortescue Creek runs a mean tidal range of about 5.5 ft. This month the highest water, 7.7 ft, comes on the morning of Nov 26, and the lowest, a -0.5 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Nov 25.
| High tide | 5:06 AM | 5.7 ft |
| Low tide | 11:27 AM | 0.7 ft |
| High tide | 5:27 PM | 6.0 ft |
| Low tide | 11:56 PM | 0.4 ft |
Today on the water at Fortescue Creek
Today at Fortescue Creek: high tide at 5:06 AM (5.7 ft) and 5:27 PM (6.0 ft), low tide at 11:27 AM (0.7 ft) and 11:56 PM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is sunny with S winds 5 to 10 mph, 70°F. Sunrise is at 6:30 AM and sunset at 4:57 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Sunny | S 5 to 10 mph | 70°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | S 5 to 10 mph | 58°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Fortescue Creek is
Fortescue Creek sits at 39.2383° N, 75.1750° W on the Delaware Bay and River, at Fortescue, NJ. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1984 until 1987, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Ship John Shoal (NOAA 8537121), 11.7 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 32 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Millville Executive Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 10.3 mi away.
The tide at Fortescue Creek
Fortescue Creek 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 6.4 ft, and 5.8 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 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Delaware Bay tides are semidiurnal, two highs a day of 4 to 6 ft, and the tide keeps growing as it funnels upriver toward Philadelphia and Trenton.
About this station
- High tide reaches Fortescue Creek about 1.8 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with 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 Fortescue Creek from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 6.4 ft above it and mean sea level 3.2 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 3.2 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 Cape May, NJ gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8536931, established 1984, gauge removed 1987. 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 Fortescue Creek
- Mauricetown: 10.3 mi, tides about 85 min later
- Ship John Shoal: 11.7 mi, tides about 32 min later
- Millville: 12.8 mi, tides about 156 min later
- West Creek, Route 47 bridge: 13.5 mi, tides about 110 min later
- Greenwich Pier, Cohansey River: 13.7 mi, tides about 65 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Fortescue Creek this month: Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28. 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 Fortescue Creek this month: 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 Fortescue Creek, 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 🌗 | 7:14–9:14 AM 7:39–9:39 PM | 12:42–2:42 AM 1:35–3:35 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:00–10:00 AM 8:25–10:25 PM | 1:51–3:51 AM 1:59–3:59 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:45–10:45 AM 9:10–11:10 PM | 2:58–4:58 AM 2:22–4:22 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:30–11:30 AM 9:55–11:55 PM | 4:04–6:04 AM 2:47–4:47 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:16–12:16 PM 10:41–12:41 AM | 5:10–7:10 AM 3:15–5:15 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:04–1:04 PM 11:29–1:29 AM | 6:15–8:15 AM 3:48–5:48 PM | 99 |
| Tue Nov 10 🌑 | 11:54–1:54 PM 12:19–2:19 AM | 7:18–9:18 AM 4:26–6:26 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8536931. 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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