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Garden Key, Dry Tortugas Tide Times

Florida · Station 8724697 · Updated Sep 16, 2026

Garden Key, Dry Tortugas runs a mean tidal range of about 0.9 ft. This month the highest water, 2.3 ft, comes on the morning of Sep 30, and the lowest, 0.2 ft, on the morning of Sep 29.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: KEY West (8724580), about 67 mi away, high and low tides here run on average about 31 min later.

Predictedno live gauge
Next low tide 0.6 ft at 8:36 AM
High 2.0 ft · 1:43 AMLow 0.6 ft · 8:36 AMHigh 1.3 ft · 2:54 PMLow 1.3 ft · 7:42 PM
Predicted
Today's tides
High tide1:43 AM2.0 ft
Low tide8:36 AM0.6 ft
High tide2:54 PM1.3 ft
Low tide7:42 PM1.3 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Garden Key, Dry Tortugas this month: Sep 8, Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 11, Sep 27, Sep 29, Sep 30. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

September 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1H:1.9L:0.3H:1.5L:0.9
2H:2.0L:0.3H:1.3L:1.0
3🌗H:2.0L:0.3H:1.1L:1.1
4🌗H:2.0L:0.4H:1.0L:1.2
5🌗H:2.0L:0.4H:1.0L:1.3
6🌗H:2.0L:0.4H:1.1
7L:1.2H:2.1L:0.4H:1.3
8L:1.1H:2.2L:0.4H:1.4
9L:0.9H:2.2L:0.5H:1.6
10L:0.7H:2.2L:0.6H:1.8
11🌑L:0.5H:2.1L:0.7H:1.9
12🌑L:0.4H:2.0L:0.8
13🌑H:2.0L:0.4H:1.8L:0.9
14H:2.1L:0.4H:1.7L:1.0
15H:2.1L:0.5H:1.5L:1.1
16H:2.0L:0.6H:1.3L:1.3
17H:1.9L:0.7H:1.2L:1.4
18🌓H:1.9L:0.8H:1.1L:1.5
19🌓H:1.8L:0.8H:1.1L:1.6
20🌓H:1.8L:0.8H:1.2
21🌓L:1.6H:1.8L:0.8H:1.3
22L:1.5H:1.9L:0.8H:1.5
23L:1.3H:2.0L:0.8H:1.6
24L:1.2H:2.1L:0.9H:1.8
25🌕L:0.9H:2.1L:0.9H:1.9
26🌕L:0.7H:2.1L:0.9H:2.0
27🌕L:0.5H:2.0L:1.0H:2.1
28🌕L:0.3H:1.8L:1.1
29H:2.2L:0.2H:1.7L:1.1
30H:2.3L:0.2H:1.5L:1.2

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).

DayMajor windowsMinor windowsScore
Today 🌒4:48–6:48 PM
5:13–7:13 AM		11:27–1:27 PM
10:07–12:07 AM		69
Thu Sep 17 🌒5:38–7:38 PM
6:03–8:03 AM		12:22–2:22 PM
10:53–12:53 AM		56
Fri Sep 18 🌓6:29–8:29 PM
6:54–8:54 AM		1:15–3:15 PM
—		43
Sat Sep 19 🌓7:20–9:20 PM
7:45–9:45 AM		2:04–4:04 PM
11:44–1:44 AM		41
Sun Sep 20 🌓8:09–10:09 PM
8:34–10:34 AM		2:48–4:48 PM
12:37–2:37 AM		54
Mon Sep 21 🌓8:56–10:56 PM
9:21–11:21 AM		3:28–5:28 PM
1:32–3:32 AM		67
Tue Sep 22 🌔9:42–11:42 PM
10:07–12:07 PM		4:05–6:05 PM
2:28–4:28 AM		77

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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