Garden Key, Dry Tortugas Tides Today
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Garden Key, Dry Tortugas runs a mean tidal range of about 0.9 ft. This month the highest water, 2.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 29, and the lowest, a -0.1 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 2:08 AM | 2.2 ft |
| Low tide | 9:24 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 4:15 PM | 1.2 ft |
| Low tide | 8:10 PM | 1.3 ft |
Today on the water at Garden Key, Dry Tortugas
Today at Garden Key, Dry Tortugas: high tide at 2:08 AM (2.2 ft) and 4:15 PM (1.2 ft), low tide at 9:24 AM (0.4 ft) and 8:10 PM (1.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 15 to 20 mph, 82°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 7:37 AM and sunset at 6:52 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 15 to 20 mph | 82°F |
| Tonight | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 15 to 20 mph | 79°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Garden Key, Dry Tortugas is
Garden Key, Dry Tortugas sits at 24.6267° N, 82.8717° W on Florida's Gulf coast, about 66 mi west of Key West, FL. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Key West (NOAA 8724580), 67.0 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 31 min later than there. The nearest weather station is C22 - Loop Current Pressure Point Buoy, 70m Isobath, an offshore buoy reporting wind, waves and water temperature, 53.3 mi away.
The tide at Garden Key, Dry Tortugas
Garden Key, Dry Tortugas 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 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.8 ft, and 1.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 ft and the lower low sits 0.3 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Florida's Gulf coast runs mixed tides: two unequal highs a day near Tampa Bay, trending toward one high a day along the Big Bend and the Panhandle.
About this station
- High tide reaches Garden Key, Dry Tortugas about 3.2 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Key West, station 8724580. High tide comes about 29 min later and low tide about 33 min later than there.
- High tide heights run about 0.94 times the reference.
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 Garden Key, Dry Tortugas from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.8 ft above it and mean sea level 0.9 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Key West, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8724697, established 1974, gauge removed 1974. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Garden Key, Dry Tortugas
- Key West: 67.0 mi, tides about 31 min earlier
- Channel Key, west side: 72.0 mi, tides about 157 min later
- Waltz Key, Waltz Key Basin: 76.5 mi, tides about 247 min later
- Saddlebunch Keys, Channel No. 5: 78.4 mi, tides about 59 min later
- Sawyer Key, outside, Cudjoe Channel: 82.7 mi, tides about 213 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Garden Key, Dry Tortugas this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, 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 Garden Key, Dry Tortugas this month: Oct 27, Oct 28. 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 Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, 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 🌖 | 5:11–7:11 AM 5:36–7:36 PM | — 12:17–2:17 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:11–8:11 AM 6:36–8:36 PM | 11:10–1:10 AM 1:07–3:07 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:07–9:07 AM 7:32–9:32 PM | 12:17–2:17 AM 1:50–3:50 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:58–9:58 AM 8:23–10:23 PM | 1:22–3:22 AM 2:28–4:28 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:46–10:46 AM 9:11–11:11 PM | 2:23–4:23 AM 3:03–5:03 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:32–11:32 AM 9:57–11:57 PM | 3:22–5:22 AM 3:36–5:36 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:17–12:17 PM 10:42–12:42 AM | 4:19–6:19 AM 4:09–6:09 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8724697. 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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